# Number of Shards increase/decrease

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-shards-increase-decrease/116986>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 25, 2018, 7:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-shards-increase-decrease/116986 "2018-01-25T07:26:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![aneesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aneesh/32/37819_2.png) [@aneesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aneesh)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 7:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-shards-increase-decrease/116986/1 "2018-01-25T07:26:41Z")

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Hi

What will be causes with increase/decrease of number of shards?

Thanks  
Aneesh

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**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:** [January 25, 2018, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-shards-increase-decrease/116986/2 "2018-01-25T09:09:47Z")

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Not sure about what you are asking for, but you can see the number of shards increasing when you create new indices, the number of shards decreasing when you are removing indices for example.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 9:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-shards-increase-decrease/116986/3 "2018-02-22T09:21:41Z")

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Closed on February 22, 2018, 9:21am UTC

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