# How to recover deleted index in elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-recover-deleted-index-in-elasticsearch/48631>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 28, 2016, 6:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-recover-deleted-index-in-elasticsearch/48631 "2016-04-28T06:50:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dhanabalanb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@dhanabalanb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dhanabalanb)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 6:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-recover-deleted-index-in-elasticsearch/48631/1 "2016-04-28T06:50:36Z")

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Hello,

An update. When the data is pushed, it created the new index. But we would like to merge the old data.

Thank you,  
Dhanabalan

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**Author:** ![danielmitterdorfer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/danielmitterdorfer/32/110510_2.png) [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-recover-deleted-index-in-elasticsearch/48631/2 "2016-05-02T07:12:10Z")

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Hi,

I am missing the larger context here, but the typical backup / restore approach for Elasticsearch is to use the [snapshot and restore API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html). Provided you have created a snapshot before you have deleted the index, you can use the restore API to load data.

Daniel

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-recover-deleted-index-in-elasticsearch/48631/3 "2017-07-05T22:54:51Z")

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