# Index recovered itself after I deleted the whole index **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 31, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-recovered-itself-after-i-deleted-the-whole-index/13008 "2013-07-31T02:40:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xiaoliang\_tian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a9a28c/32.png) [@xiaoliang\_tian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xiaoliang_tian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-recovered-itself-after-i-deleted-the-whole-index/13008/1 "2013-07-31T02:40:01Z")
after I insert 10000000 msg to an index,I delete it( use restFul api to delete whole index 15915 ),But this index recovered and still include some msgs.I use head to check msg in this index It shows: 15915 size: 2.3mb (4.4mb) docs: 1263 (5043) and query "15915/\_count" also has this problem. {"count":1263,"\_shards":{"total":16,"successful":16,"failed":0}} it always recover some msgs back.no matter how many times I delete it I don't have a clue. Plz help me -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![vineeth\_mohan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@vineeth\_mohan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vineeth_mohan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 5:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-recovered-itself-after-i-deleted-the-whole-index/13008/2 "2013-07-31T05:32:52Z")
May be a node was not up when the delete operation happened. Thanks Vineeth On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 8:10 AM, 田晓亮 [xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com](mailto:xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com) wrote: > after I insert 10000000 msg to an index,I delete it( use restFul api to > delete whole index 15915 ),But this index recovered and still include > some msgs.I use head to check msg in this index > > It shows: > 15915 > size: 2.3mb (4.4mb) > docs: 1263 (5043) > > and query "15915/\_count" also has this problem. > > {"count":1263,"\_shards":{"total":16,"successful":16,"failed":0}} > > it always recover some msgs back.no matter how many times I delete it > > I don't have a clue. > > Plz help me > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-recovered-itself-after-i-deleted-the-whole-index/13008/3 "2013-07-31T06:12:24Z")
What command did you run to delete your index? -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs Le 31 juil. 2013 à 04:40, 田晓亮 [xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com](mailto:xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com) a écrit : after I insert 10000000 msg to an index,I delete it( use restFul api to delete whole index 15915 ),But this index recovered and still include some msgs.I use head to check msg in this index It shows: 15915 size: 2.3mb (4.4mb) docs: 1263 (5043) and query "15915/\_count" also has this problem. {"count":1263,"\_shards":{"total":16,"successful":16,"failed":0}} it always recover some msgs back.no matter how many times I delete it I don't have a clue. Plz help me -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![xiaoliang\_tian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a9a28c/32.png) [@xiaoliang\_tian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xiaoliang_tian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-recovered-itself-after-i-deleted-the-whole-index/13008/4 "2013-07-31T06:15:16Z")
curl -XDELETE '[http://127.0.0.1:9200/](http://127.0.0.1:9200/)' 2013/7/31 David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) > What command did you run to delete your index? > > -- > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > Le 31 juil. 2013 à 04:40, 田晓亮 [xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com](mailto:xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com) a écrit : > > after I insert 10000000 msg to an index,I delete it( use restFul api to > delete whole index 15915 ),But this index recovered and still include > some msgs.I use head to check msg in this index > > It shows: > 15915 > size: 2.3mb (4.4mb) > docs: 1263 (5043) > > and query "15915/\_count" also has this problem. > > {"count":1263,"\_shards":{"total":16,"successful":16,"failed":0}} > > it always recover some msgs back.no matter how many times I delete it > > I don't have a clue. > > Plz help me > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 6:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-recovered-itself-after-i-deleted-the-whole-index/13008/5 "2013-07-31T06:29:12Z")
As suggested by Vineeth, how many nodes are running on your network? Any chance that you have another node running on your computer? -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs Le 31 juil. 2013 à 08:15, Xiaoliang Tian [xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com](mailto:xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com) a écrit : curl -XDELETE '[http://127.0.0.1:9200/](http://127.0.0.1:9200/)' 2013/7/31 David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) > What command did you run to delete your index? > > -- > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > Le 31 juil. 2013 à 04:40, 田晓亮 [xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com](mailto:xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com) a écrit : > > after I insert 10000000 msg to an index,I delete it( use restFul api to delete whole index 15915 ),But this index recovered and still include some msgs.I use head to check msg in this index > > It shows: > 15915 > size: 2.3mb (4.4mb) > docs: 1263 (5043) > > and query "15915/\_count" also has this problem. > {"count":1263,"\_shards":{"total":16,"successful":16,"failed":0}} > > it always recover some msgs back.no matter how many times I delete it > > I don't have a clue. > > Plz help me > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![xiaoliang\_tian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a9a28c/32.png) [@xiaoliang\_tian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xiaoliang_tian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-recovered-itself-after-i-deleted-the-whole-index/13008/6 "2013-07-31T06:36:05Z")
No,There is 7 nodes and I can monitor'em in both bigdesk and head And If I instert same msgs to other index,It can be fully deleted 2013/7/31 David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) > As suggested by Vineeth, how many nodes are running on your network? > Any chance that you have another node running on your computer? > > -- > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > Le 31 juil. 2013 à 08:15, Xiaoliang Tian [xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com](mailto:xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com) a > écrit : > > curl -XDELETE '[http://127.0.0.1:9200/](http://127.0.0.1:9200/)' > > 2013/7/31 David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) > > > What command did you run to delete your index? > > > > -- > > David 😉 > > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > > > Le 31 juil. 2013 à 04:40, 田晓亮 [xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com](mailto:xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com) a écrit : > > > > after I insert 10000000 msg to an index,I delete it( use restFul api to > > delete whole index 15915 ),But this index recovered and still include > > some msgs.I use head to check msg in this index > > > > It shows: > > 15915 > > size: 2.3mb (4.4mb) > > docs: 1263 (5043) > > > > and query "15915/\_count" also has this problem. > > > > {"count":1263,"\_shards":{"total":16,"successful":16,"failed":0}} > > > > it always recover some msgs back.no matter how many times I delete it > > > > I don't have a clue. > > > > Plz help me > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe). > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-recovered-itself-after-i-deleted-the-whole-index/13008/7 "2013-07-31T06:47:48Z")
That's strange. Behind the scene, nodes are doing a 'rm -rf' like command so no data should survive. Any chance you can reproduce the issue? -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs Le 31 juil. 2013 à 08:36, Xiaoliang Tian [xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com](mailto:xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com) a écrit : No,There is 7 nodes and I can monitor'em in both bigdesk and head And If I instert same msgs to other index,It can be fully deleted 2013/7/31 David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) > As suggested by Vineeth, how many nodes are running on your network? > Any chance that you have another node running on your computer? > > -- > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > Le 31 juil. 2013 à 08:15, Xiaoliang Tian [xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com](mailto:xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com) a écrit : > > curl -XDELETE '[http://127.0.0.1:9200/](http://127.0.0.1:9200/)' > > 2013/7/31 David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) > > > What command did you run to delete your index? > > > > -- > > David 😉 > > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > > > Le 31 juil. 2013 à 04:40, 田晓亮 [xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com](mailto:xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com) a écrit : > > > > after I insert 10000000 msg to an index,I delete it( use restFul api to delete whole index 15915 ),But this index recovered and still include some msgs.I use head to check msg in this index > > > > It shows: > > 15915 > > size: 2.3mb (4.4mb) > > docs: 1263 (5043) > > > > and query "15915/\_count" also has this problem. > > {"count":1263,"\_shards":{"total":16,"successful":16,"failed":0}} > > > > it always recover some msgs back.no matter how many times I delete it > > > > I don't have a clue. > > > > Plz help me > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe). > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![xiaoliang\_tian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a9a28c/32.png) [@xiaoliang\_tian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xiaoliang_tian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 6:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-recovered-itself-after-i-deleted-the-whole-index/13008/8 "2013-07-31T06:50:00Z")
Another Thing is the msg count in "()" in this index is always changing when I fresh the page 15916 size: 3.7mb (6.8mb) docs: 575 (4862) 15916 size: 7.4mb (12.4mb) docs: 575 (12906) 15916 size: 10.6mb (16.1mb) docs: 575 (15326) 15916 size: 14.3mb (23.4mb) docs: 575 (23204) 15916 size: 9.5mb (15.8mb) docs: 575 (9854) 15916 size: 13.8mb (23.2mb) docs: 575 (15154) 15916 size: 10.5mb (17.7mb) docs: 575 (7912) What is this number 2013/7/31 David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) > As suggested by Vineeth, how many nodes are running on your network? > Any chance that you have another node running on your computer? > > -- > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > Le 31 juil. 2013 à 08:15, Xiaoliang Tian [xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com](mailto:xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com) a > écrit : > > curl -XDELETE '[http://127.0.0.1:9200/](http://127.0.0.1:9200/)' > > 2013/7/31 David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) > > > What command did you run to delete your index? > > > > -- > > David 😉 > > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > > > Le 31 juil. 2013 à 04:40, 田晓亮 [xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com](mailto:xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com) a écrit : > > > > after I insert 10000000 msg to an index,I delete it( use restFul api to > > delete whole index 15915 ),But this index recovered and still include > > some msgs.I use head to check msg in this index > > > > It shows: > > 15915 > > size: 2.3mb (4.4mb) > > docs: 1263 (5043) > > > > and query "15915/\_count" also has this problem. > > > > {"count":1263,"\_shards":{"total":16,"successful":16,"failed":0}} > > > > it always recover some msgs back.no matter how many times I delete it > > > > I don't have a clue. > > > > Plz help me > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe). > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![xiaoliang\_tian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a9a28c/32.png) [@xiaoliang\_tian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xiaoliang_tian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-recovered-itself-after-i-deleted-the-whole-index/13008/9 "2013-07-31T07:07:33Z")
Every time,The only difference between normal index and this weird index is the name. Normal index:String weird index:number 2013/7/31 David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) > That's strange. Behind the scene, nodes are doing a 'rm -rf' like command > so no data should survive. > > Any chance you can reproduce the issue? > > -- > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > Le 31 juil. 2013 à 08:36, Xiaoliang Tian [xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com](mailto:xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com) a > écrit : > > No,There is 7 nodes and I can monitor'em in both bigdesk and head > And If I instert same msgs to other index,It can be fully deleted > > 2013/7/31 David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) > > > As suggested by Vineeth, how many nodes are running on your network? > > Any chance that you have another node running on your computer? > > > > -- > > David 😉 > > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > > > Le 31 juil. 2013 à 08:15, Xiaoliang Tian [xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com](mailto:xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com) a > > écrit : > > > > curl -XDELETE '[http://127.0.0.1:9200/](http://127.0.0.1:9200/)' > > > > 2013/7/31 David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) > > > > > What command did you run to delete your index? > > > > > > -- > > > David 😉 > > > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > > > > > Le 31 juil. 2013 à 04:40, 田晓亮 [xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com](mailto:xiaoliang.tian@gmail.com) a écrit : > > > > > > after I insert 10000000 msg to an index,I delete it( use restFul api to > > > delete whole index 15915 ),But this index recovered and still include > > > some msgs.I use head to check msg in this index > > > > > > It shows: > > > 15915 > > > size: 2.3mb (4.4mb) > > > docs: 1263 (5043) > > > > > > and query "15915/\_count" also has this problem. > > > > > > {"count":1263,"\_shards":{"total":16,"successful":16,"failed":0}} > > > > > > it always recover some msgs back.no matter how many times I delete it > > > > > > I don't have a clue. > > > > > > Plz help me > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > > > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe). > > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > > > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe). > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/upyxWH0Rkcg/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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