# Manual snapshot one index only

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manual-snapshot-one-index-only/360269>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** snapshot-and-restore\
**Created:** [May 27, 2024, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manual-snapshot-one-index-only/360269 "2024-05-27T09:18:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tapiojaa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tapiojaa/32/134828_2.png) [@tapiojaa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tapiojaa)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manual-snapshot-one-index-only/360269/1 "2024-05-27T09:18:41Z")

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Is it possible to manually take snapshot from one index? I found from the documentation that it is be possible to snapshot all indices, but I want just one index backed up.

```auto
PUT _snapshot/my_repository/%3Cmy_snapshot_%7Bnow%2Fd%7D%3E

```

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**Author:** ![ashishtiwari1993](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashishtiwari1993/32/135241_2.png) [@ashishtiwari1993](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashishtiwari1993)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 10:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manual-snapshot-one-index-only/360269/2 "2024-05-27T10:33:59Z")

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Hi @tapiojaa, You can take [manual snapshot](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/create-snapshot-api.html#create-snapshot-api-example) for specific indices.

The following request will take a snapshot of `index_1` and `index_2`.

```auto
PUT /_snapshot/my_repository/snapshot_2?wait_for_completion=true
{
  "indices": "index_1,index_2",
  "ignore_unavailable": true,
  "include_global_state": false,
  "metadata": {
    "taken_by": "user123",
    "taken_because": "backup before upgrading"
  }
}

```

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**Author:** ![tapiojaa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tapiojaa/32/134828_2.png) [@tapiojaa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tapiojaa)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manual-snapshot-one-index-only/360269/3 "2024-05-27T10:53:22Z")

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Thank you very much, it works. I was pretty sure that this is possible