# How to rename an index?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-rename-an-index/80433>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 29, 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-rename-an-index/80433 "2017-03-29T08:09:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![qin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/91b2a8/32.png) [@qin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/qin)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-rename-an-index/80433/1 "2017-03-29T08:09:36Z")

</div>

**How to rename an index name, rename, old index name cannot be accessed again**

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jpountz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jpountz/32/45836_2.png) [@jpountz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jpountz)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-rename-an-index/80433/2 "2017-03-29T08:11:39Z")

</div>

You cannot rename indices, however you can add aliases to an index. [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-aliases.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-aliases.html)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-rename-an-index/80433/3 "2017-04-26T08:11:41Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.