# .kibana index getting deleted

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-index-getting-deleted/184315>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 5, 2019, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-index-getting-deleted/184315 "2019-06-05T09:18:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![pranay\_sankpal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pranay_sankpal/32/44084_2.png) [@pranay\_sankpal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pranay_sankpal)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-index-getting-deleted/184315/1 "2019-06-05T09:18:34Z")

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I'm not sure why my `.kibana` index is getting deleted. Kibana config has the following settings for index: `kibana.index: ".kibana"` which seems to be fine to me.  
However, curator job has the following settings:

```auto
        action: delete_indices
        description: "Clean up ES by deleting old indices"
        options:
          timeout_override:
          continue_if_exception: False
          disable_action: False
          ignore_empty_list: True
        filters:
        - filtertype: age
          source: creation_date
          direction: older
          unit: days
          unit_count: 15

```

Can this delete .kibana index ?

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**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-index-getting-deleted/184315/2 "2019-06-05T14:47:05Z")

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> [@pranay\_sankpal](#):
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> Can this delete .kibana index ?

Yes. You have only a single filter based on creation date. The `.kibana` index has a creation date too.

Best to add a pattern filter as well that blocks indices starting with `.`

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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:** [July 3, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-index-getting-deleted/184315/3 "2019-07-03T14:55:58Z")

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