# Index cleanup

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-cleanup/215476>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 17, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-cleanup/215476 "2020-01-17T14:06:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-cleanup/215476/15 "2020-01-24T09:24:07Z")

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@theuntergeek I've tried a few other things, but still no joy, it seems like the documentation suggests you need a rollup alias?

Like in this post, however I've already tried that suggestion and that doesn't work either:  
[I just want a simple ILM rollover policy](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-just-want-a-simple-ilm-rollover-policy/175269/2)

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