# Index privilege to update setting

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-privilege-to-update-setting/228570>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 17, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-privilege-to-update-setting/228570 "2020-04-17T19:55:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![YvorL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9fc348/32.png) [@YvorL](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/YvorL)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-privilege-to-update-setting/228570/1 "2020-04-17T19:55:44Z")

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Hi!

I'm trying to create a user that's restricted to updating settings (`[indices:admin/settings/update]`) for indices, but it seems that I can only give "all" or "manage" but both can delete indices that I don't want. I see three different roles for ILM but can't find anything that'd be able to update index settings without giving permission to delete the index itself.

Thanks!

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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:** [May 15, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-privilege-to-update-setting/228570/2 "2020-05-15T20:05:12Z")

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