# How to reinstall X-Pack?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-reinstall-x-pack/69248
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 16, 2016, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-reinstall-x-pack/69248 "2016-12-16T07:03:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@sitanxin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sitanxin)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2016, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-reinstall-x-pack/69248/1 "2016-12-16T07:03:20Z")
Hi Team,
We are using X-Pack now. But after we follow the instructure to uninstall and install it again, we found the license issue date. So if we want to keep using the X-Pack till the actual license purchase, how to do?
Before
> ```
> {
> "license" : {
> "status" : "active",
> "uid" : "38e6d6bb-8619-45b4-ac50-f38f006942ff",
> "type" : "trial",
> "issue_date" : "2016-11-17T03:49:34.858Z",
> "issue_date_in_millis" : 1479354574858,
> "expiry_date" : "2016-12-17T03:49:34.858Z",
> "expiry_date_in_millis" : 1481946574858,
> "max_nodes" : 1000,
> "issued_to" : "elk5-es-poc-cluster-dev",
> "issuer" : "elasticsearch",
> "start_date_in_millis" : -1
> }
> }
>
> ```
After
> ```
> {
> "license" : {
> "status" : "active",
> "uid" : "38e6d6bb-8619-45b4-ac50-f38f006942ff",
> "type" : "trial",
> "issue_date" : "2016-11-17T03:49:34.858Z",
> "issue_date_in_millis" : 1479354574858,
> "expiry_date" : "2016-12-17T03:49:34.858Z",
> "expiry_date_in_millis" : 1481946574858,
> "max_nodes" : 1000,
> "issued_to" : "elk5-es-poc-cluster-dev",
> "issuer" : "elasticsearch",
> "start_date_in_millis" : -1
> }
> }
>
> ```
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2016, 7:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-reinstall-x-pack/69248/2 "2016-12-16T07:36:31Z")
You can ask sales at elastic dot co to extend your trial period.
You can also remove the data dir (which will remove all existing data) and start again elasticsearch.
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### Author:  [@sitanxin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sitanxin)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2016, 7:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-reinstall-x-pack/69248/3 "2016-12-16T07:41:28Z")
Hi @dadoonet,
So do you mean if we Delete all the data from ES and restart, it will auto extend the license?
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### Author:  [@sitanxin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sitanxin)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-reinstall-x-pack/69248/4 "2016-12-16T07:42:55Z")
About the "data dir", can we use
curl -XDELETE -u elastic:changeme '[http://Host](http://Host):Port/\*'
to do the same way?
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2016, 8:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-reinstall-x-pack/69248/5 "2016-12-16T08:36:09Z")
I meant that if you start a new empty cluster with the license plugin it will be considered as a trial license starting from today.
Remove all indices won't work.
If you want to go that way (again **it will remove all existing stuff** you did):
- shutdown all you nodes
- on each node, remove the data dir `rm -r data`
- start again the nodes
It's exactly the same thing as provisioning a new machine and installing everything from scratch.
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### Author:  [@chris2016](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chris2016)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-reinstall-x-pack/69248/6 "2016-12-22T19:03:32Z")
Hi Guys,
```
Is the X-PACK free to use or under trial license? If it is the latter, where can I find the expired date?
thanks.
```
Cheers,
Chris
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-reinstall-x-pack/69248/7 "2016-12-22T19:47:47Z")
When you start it, it tells you when the expiration date is in logs.
You have a trial but you can ask for a free basic license which gives you access to monitoring and profiling UI.
See [https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-reinstall-x-pack/69248/8 "2017-01-19T19:48:01Z")
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