# Marvel Index Taking too much disk space **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 15, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/marvel-index-taking-too-much-disk-space/21254 "2014-12-15T06:31:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cheten\_Dev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Cheten\_Dev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cheten_Dev)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/marvel-index-taking-too-much-disk-space/21254/1 "2014-12-15T06:31:06Z")
Hi, I installed the plugin for marvel , but its creating its own indexes which are even larger than my original indexed data. is there a way to delete these indexes on daily basis or any other way ? Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/fd306457-7201-4187-86ef-e5dab4bd563b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/fd306457-7201-4187-86ef-e5dab4bd563b%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 6:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/marvel-index-taking-too-much-disk-space/21254/2 "2014-12-15T06:46:25Z")
you can use curator for that. See [GitHub - elastic/curator: Curator: Tending your Elasticsearch indices](https://github.com/elasticsearch/curator) -- David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) @dadoonet [https://twitter.com/dadoonet](https://twitter.com/dadoonet) | @elasticsearchfr [https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr](https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr) | @scrutmydocs [https://twitter.com/scrutmydocs](https://twitter.com/scrutmydocs) > Le 15 déc. 2014 à 07:31, Chetan Dev [cheten.dev@carwale.com](mailto:cheten.dev@carwale.com) a écrit : > > Hi, > > I installed the plugin for marvel , > but its creating its own indexes which are even larger than my original indexed data. > is there a way to delete these indexes on daily basis or any other way ? > > Thanks > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com) [mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/fd306457-7201-4187-86ef-e5dab4bd563b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/fd306457-7201-4187-86ef-e5dab4bd563b%40googlegroups.com) [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/fd306457-7201-4187-86ef-e5dab4bd563b%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/fd306457-7201-4187-86ef-e5dab4bd563b%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout) [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/E847EF1D-7886-46AF-A871-B6C60ED11B9C%40pilato.fr](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/E847EF1D-7886-46AF-A871-B6C60ED11B9C%40pilato.fr). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![elvarb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elvarb/32/44840_2.png) [@elvarb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elvarb)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/marvel-index-taking-too-much-disk-space/21254/3 "2014-12-15T11:29:18Z")
Curator or just make a script that calls the API On Monday, December 15, 2014 6:31:06 AM UTC, Chetan Dev wrote: > Hi, > > I installed the plugin for marvel , > but its creating its own indexes which are even larger than my original > indexed data. > is there a way to delete these indexes on daily basis or any other way ? > > Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/2278326e-b90e-4fe9-b5c6-c3929cf2e046%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/2278326e-b90e-4fe9-b5c6-c3929cf2e046%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![bidyut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f1d935/32.png) [@bidyut](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bidyut)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/marvel-index-taking-too-much-disk-space/21254/4 "2016-05-25T07:02:59Z")
Is there any built-in mechanism in ES which supports periodic deletion of a particular index ? For example curator as a plugin with a configuration file. If not, it'll really be a nice to have feature ! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/marvel-index-taking-too-much-disk-space/21254/5 "2017-07-05T22:49:14Z")