# Need to delete Elastic search index after 15 days automatically
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-to-delete-elastic-search-index-after-15-days-automatically/304266
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 9, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-to-delete-elastic-search-index-after-15-days-automatically/304266 "2022-05-09T14:54:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Sam1231](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam1231)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-to-delete-elastic-search-index-after-15-days-automatically/304266/1 "2022-05-09T14:54:22Z")
hi,
i need to delete Elasticsearch indices after 15 days of creation date. i need to automate this process using python. is there any script for the same ?
im running AWS based Elasticsearch. version 6.4
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-to-delete-elastic-search-index-after-15-days-automatically/304266/2 "2022-05-10T00:25:08Z")
Welcome to our community! 😃
> [@Sam1231](#):
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> im running AWS based Elasticsearch. version 6.4
Curator is the only solution for a version that old.
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### Author:  [@Sam1231](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam1231)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-to-delete-elastic-search-index-after-15-days-automatically/304266/3 "2022-05-10T17:15:15Z")
can you pls help me with curator setup to proceed ?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-to-delete-elastic-search-index-after-15-days-automatically/304266/4 "2022-06-07T17:15:41Z")
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