# Index size increased after shrink

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-size-increased-after-shrink/212994
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 25, 2019, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-size-increased-after-shrink/212994 "2019-12-25T06:12:34Z")
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### Author: ![imperio-wxm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/imperio-wxm/32/59818_2.png) [@imperio-wxm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/imperio-wxm)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2019, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-size-increased-after-shrink/212994/1 "2019-12-25T06:12:34Z")

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Before shrink：

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/7/57776b71995e1b0785d336a0acffbff443115b70.png)

After shrink：

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/7/57811d1fb947e7efdf40e2a79bbf23e4c5eda40f.png)

**Reduced shards from 10 to 2，and doc number unchanged，but total size increase，what is the extra data？**

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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: [January 22, 2020, 6:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-size-increased-after-shrink/212994/2 "2020-01-22T06:18:16Z")

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