# How to restore deleted index in ES which has no snapshot

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-restore-deleted-index-in-es-which-has-no-snapshot/197854>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 3, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-restore-deleted-index-in-es-which-has-no-snapshot/197854 "2019-09-03T12:24:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![qweasdzxc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/db5fbb/32.png) [@qweasdzxc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/qweasdzxc)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-restore-deleted-index-in-es-which-has-no-snapshot/197854/1 "2019-09-03T12:24:58Z")

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Hi,  
I deleted index by mistake. I don't have snapshot but i have filesystem backup for 2 from 4 nodes. Is it possible to restore data to cluster? If yes how to do this?

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-restore-deleted-index-in-es-which-has-no-snapshot/197854/2 "2019-09-03T13:16:31Z")

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No, unfortunately filesystem backups are no use in a distributed system like Elasticsearch.

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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:** [October 1, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-restore-deleted-index-in-es-which-has-no-snapshot/197854/3 "2019-10-01T13:16:32Z")

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