# Need to apply ILM policy on existing index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-to-apply-ilm-policy-on-existing-index/290984>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 5, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-to-apply-ilm-policy-on-existing-index/290984 "2021-12-05T13:29:56Z")\
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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:** [December 5, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-to-apply-ilm-policy-on-existing-index/290984/2 "2021-12-05T23:49:44Z")

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Please don't create multiple topics on the same question - [Need to apply ILM policy on existing index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-to-apply-ilm-policy-on-existing-index/290987)

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