# Number of documents - how to read and what to do **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 6, 2013, 8:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-documents-how-to-read-and-what-to-do/13085 "2013-08-06T08:01:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Damien\_Alexandre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/damien_alexandre/32/21566_2.png) [@Damien\_Alexandre](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Damien_Alexandre)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 8:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-documents-how-to-read-and-what-to-do/13085/1 "2013-08-06T08:01:15Z")
Hi everyone, I was looking at my indices and I noticed something not looking good: [https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Nqyzdg2JzMo/UgCr68LT\_jI/AAAAAAAAABE/JfwLP\_ImWGA/s1600/Screenshot+from+2013-08-06+09%3A53%3A42.png](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Nqyzdg2JzMo/UgCr68LT_jI/AAAAAAAAABE/JfwLP_ImWGA/s1600/Screenshot+from+2013-08-06+09%3A53%3A42.png) As you can see, the "catalog\_v2" index has: docs: { num\_docs: 7954439 max\_doc: 10914846 deleted\_docs: 2960407 } Is this bad? I do not know from where all those "deleted\_docs" came from, I do not perform a lot of DELETE. Doc say it is the number of docs not yet merged out and that's affected by refreshing the index - I've done it, my numbers do not move. So, my question is just about those numbers, how to interpret them? Have a nice day! Damien -- 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). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**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:** [August 6, 2013, 8:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-documents-how-to-read-and-what-to-do/13085/2 "2013-08-06T08:10:12Z")
As far as I remember, it's the number of index operations. If you update a document, number of docs will remain the same but number in parenthesis should grow. ## HTH David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) @dadoonet | @elasticsearchfr | @scrutmydocs Le 6 août 2013 à 10:01, Damien Alexandre [dalexandre@jolicode.com](mailto:dalexandre@jolicode.com) a écrit : > Hi everyone, > > I was looking at my indices and I noticed something not looking good: > > As you can see, the "catalog\_v2" index has: > > docs: { > num\_docs: 7954439 > max\_doc: 10914846 > deleted\_docs: 2960407 > } > > Is this bad? I do not know from where all those "deleted\_docs" came from, I do not perform a lot of DELETE. > Doc say it is the number of docs not yet merged out and that's affected by refreshing the index - I've done it, my numbers do not move. > > So, my question is just about those numbers, how to interpret them? > > Have a nice day! > Damien > > -- > 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). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-documents-how-to-read-and-what-to-do/13085/3 "2017-07-06T02:22:43Z")