# How to restore deleted index in ES which has no snapshot or backup **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 21, 2018, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-restore-deleted-index-in-es-which-has-no-snapshot-or-backup/136817 "2018-06-21T09:48:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@davis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/davis)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-restore-deleted-index-in-es-which-has-no-snapshot-or-backup/136817/1 "2018-06-21T09:48:15Z")
hi all... I deleted an index by mistake 😢 ... It was more than 150G data in '/var/lib/es/nodes/0/indices/MY\_INDEX/ '... and it is empty now! ...I don't have any snapshot or backup to restore it!!! And the data are so important for me, and it was collected during 6 months! please help me as soon as possible! ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-restore-deleted-index-in-es-which-has-no-snapshot-or-backup/136817/2 "2018-06-21T09:51:01Z")
If the data is gone from the file system and you have no backup or snapshot, there is unfortunately no way to restore it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-restore-deleted-index-in-es-which-has-no-snapshot-or-backup/136817/3 "2018-07-19T09:51:08Z")
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