# Is it safe to rename node in ES 6.8?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-safe-to-rename-node-in-es-6-8/245482
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 18, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-safe-to-rename-node-in-es-6-8/245482 "2020-08-18T19:27:17Z")
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### Author: ![tarkhil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tarkhil/32/74110_2.png) [@tarkhil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tarkhil)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-safe-to-rename-node-in-es-6-8/245482/1 "2020-08-18T19:27:17Z")

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Hello

I've googled on the topic but everything I've found is dated 2015; many things could change since that time.

So I'm reasking, is it safe to rename node in 6.8? If the node was already in use, should I do something to prevent possible data loss or lengthy resyncing?

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-safe-to-rename-node-in-es-6-8/245482/2 "2020-08-18T20:56:35Z")

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Are you referring to `node.name`? If so yes, you can do that.

If the node was in use and you don't want the data it held, then you might want to remove anything that exists under the `path.data` location.

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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: [September 15, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-safe-to-rename-node-in-es-6-8/245482/3 "2020-09-15T20:56:48Z")

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