# Kibana blank after deleting index
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-blank-after-deleting-index/75773
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [February 20, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-blank-after-deleting-index/75773 "2017-02-20T16:27:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@kmrychl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmrychl)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-blank-after-deleting-index/75773/1 "2017-02-20T16:27:34Z")
I deleted the filebeat index on accident from kibana browser and now it is coming up blank with a 404 error. I tried to delete the cache, update kibana and es, and reinstall the default templates, but nothing has worked. Any suggestions?
Here is my error:
```auto
Request URL:http://server:5601/elasticsearch/packetbeat-*/_mapping/field/*?_=1487601639728&ignore_unavailable=false&allow_no_indices=false&include_defaults=true
Request Method:GET
Status Code:404 Not Found
Remote Address:server:5601
```
And I cannot just make a dummy index because it is trying to find packetbeat-\*
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### Author:  [@weltenwort](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/weltenwort)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-blank-after-deleting-index/75773/2 "2017-02-20T16:45:27Z")
Hi @kmrychl,
did you mean that you deleted the packetbeat indices and were those indices set as Kibana's default indices? If so, this sounds like a known problem that occurs when the default index was deleted. Two ways to fix it come to mind:
1. Delete the `defaultIndex` key from the Kibana config using a `PUT` curl request. You should be able to find the settings at `${YOUR_ES_HOST}/.kibana/config/${YOUR_KIBANA_VERSION}`.
2. Create a dummy index matching `packetbeat-*`, e.g. `packetbeat-dummy` using curl.
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### Author:  [@kmrychl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmrychl)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-blank-after-deleting-index/75773/3 "2017-02-20T16:48:39Z")
I deleted the filebeat, not packetbeat. I want to get back to the filebeat default.
Can you also give the exact commands to follow. I'm new to this and I'm not sure how to delete the default index or create a dummy to match a pattern
it also looks like filebeat is not receiving anything..
```
curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/filebeat-*/_search?pretty'
{
"took" : 1,
"timed_out" : false,
"_shards" : {
"total" : 0,
"successful" : 0,
"failed" : 0
},
"hits" : {
"total" : 0,
"max_score" : 0.0,
"hits" : []
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@weltenwort](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/weltenwort)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-blank-after-deleting-index/75773/4 "2017-02-20T17:45:29Z")
Ok, so deleting an index should result in Kibana returning a 404 page. What version of Kibana and the Elastic Stack are you running?
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### Author:  [@kmrychl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmrychl)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-blank-after-deleting-index/75773/5 "2017-02-20T19:07:07Z")
I'm running 5.2. I am getting a 404 error running kibana.
> Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found)
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### Author:  [@weltenwort](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/weltenwort)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-blank-after-deleting-index/75773/6 "2017-02-20T19:49:23Z")
Assuming that an inconsistent state of the default index pattern configuration is the reason, executing the following query should reset it. Replace `${ELASTICSEARCH_HOST}` in the URL with the proper value for your Elasticsearch deployment.
```
curl -XPOST '${ELASTICSEARCH_HOST}/.kibana/_update_by_query?pretty&wait_for_completion&refresh' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'
{
"script": {
"inline": "ctx._source.defaultIndex = null",
"lang": "painless"
},
"query": {
"term": {
"_type": "config"
}
}
}
'
```
Afterwards you should be able to access the management menu in Kibana to configure the correct default index pattern.
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### Author:  [@kmrychl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmrychl)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-blank-after-deleting-index/75773/7 "2017-02-20T19:52:39Z")
ah thank you! This has worked , appreciate the help
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-blank-after-deleting-index/75773/8 "2017-03-20T19:52:42Z")
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