# How to Increase number of shards of an existing Index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-increase-number-of-shards-of-an-existing-index/183886>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 3, 2019, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-increase-number-of-shards-of-an-existing-index/183886 "2019-06-03T06:23:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shivendra\_Singh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shivendra_singh/32/45859_2.png) [@Shivendra\_Singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shivendra_Singh)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-increase-number-of-shards-of-an-existing-index/183886/5 "2019-06-03T07:51:22Z")

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Thanks for the reply. It seems this will solve my problem. I just need to check how to use composite query in this case. As index will be created on daily basis.

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