# ILM policy created and applied but it's not deleting the data

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-policy-created-and-applied-but-its-not-deleting-the-data/330727>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [April 25, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-policy-created-and-applied-but-its-not-deleting-the-data/330727 "2023-04-25T10:49:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-policy-created-and-applied-but-its-not-deleting-the-data/330727/4 "2023-04-27T09:07:26Z")

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> [@elasticlog](#):
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> `1682415870237`

Can someone please help me to understand what exactly  
The ILM policy ready which date to delete indices from below below.

"lifecycle\_date\_millis"  
"phase\_time\_millis"  
"action\_time\_millis"  
"step\_time\_millis"  
"modified\_date\_in\_millis"

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