# How to rebuild .watches

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-rebuild-watches/66762
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting
**Created:** [November 21, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-rebuild-watches/66762 "2016-11-21T18:22:18Z")
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### Author: ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-rebuild-watches/66762/3 "2016-11-23T15:26:27Z")

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Hey,

the [troubleshooting section](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/watcher/2.4/troubleshooting.html#_dynamic_mapping_error_when_trying_to_add_a_watch) has some information how to delete the watches index if necessary. Be sure you have set `watcher.index.rest.direct_access: true` in your `elasticsearch.yml` file

--Alex

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