# How to manage data retention time in ElasticSearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-manage-data-retention-time-in-elasticsearch/319729>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 24, 2022, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-manage-data-retention-time-in-elasticsearch/319729 "2022-11-24T10:04:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![m3bgwad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@m3bgwad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/m3bgwad)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-manage-data-retention-time-in-elasticsearch/319729/1 "2022-11-24T10:04:32Z")

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Hello,  
What is default of index data retention?  
If I want to change and edit this retentions for customize the time, if the data after I specifically time I want to remove this data.  
Thanks in advance for your help.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-manage-data-retention-time-in-elasticsearch/319729/2 "2022-11-30T00:49:10Z")

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[ILM](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index-lifecycle-management.html) is what you should be using.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-manage-data-retention-time-in-elasticsearch/319729/3 "2022-12-28T00:49:20Z")

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