# How to stop auto index creation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-stop-auto-index-creation/293275>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 1, 2022, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-stop-auto-index-creation/293275 "2022-01-01T08:45:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ken\_kentan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ken_kentan/32/99724_2.png) [@ken\_kentan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ken_kentan)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-stop-auto-index-creation/293275/1 "2022-01-01T08:45:08Z")

</div>

I'm using Elasticsearch(7.16.0) with Metricbeat and Filebeat.

It will create unused indexes automtically. e.g. `dekitateserver-filebeat-7.11.1-*`.  
Curentlly, Filebeat is using only `dekitateserver-filebeat-2021-*`.  
How to stop auto index creation for old indexes?

 ![スクリーンショット 2022-01-01 16.50.32](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/7/d77f91f80a5303917a94ad2a58142aec92e146e7.png)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-stop-auto-index-creation/293275/2 "2022-01-04T05:55:47Z")

</div>

Welcome to our community! 😃

If you delete those indices, do they reappear?

---

<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:** [February 1, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-stop-auto-index-creation/293275/3 "2022-02-01T05:56:28Z")

</div>

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