# Older indices are not getting deleted after rollover
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/older-indices-are-not-getting-deleted-after-rollover/263953
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 11, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/older-indices-are-not-getting-deleted-after-rollover/263953 "2021-02-11T05:55:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Gokul6](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gokul6)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/older-indices-are-not-getting-deleted-after-rollover/263953/1 "2021-02-11T05:55:44Z")
i did the following steps
1. created an **ilm policy**.
2. created an **index template** and attached the ilm policy to it.
3. finally created an **index** using create index API.
when i checked the index under index management section in kibana, the ilm policy that i created was attached to the index and the index started to rollover to a new index after a few minutes. But the problem here is **older indices are not getting deleted.**
**below is my ilm policy,**
PUT \_ilm/policy/tmmt
{
"policy": {
"phases": {
"hot": {
"min\_age": "0ms",
"actions": {
"rollover": {
"max\_size": "50gb",
"max\_age": "5m",
"max\_docs": 5
},
"set\_priority": {
"priority": 100
}
}
},
"warm": {
"min\_age": "3m",
"actions": {
"set\_priority": {
"priority": 50
}
}
},
"delete": {
"min\_age": "1m",
"actions": {}
}
}
}
}
**below is the summary of my index,**
please help 🙂
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2021, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/older-indices-are-not-getting-deleted-after-rollover/263953/2 "2021-02-11T06:01:05Z")
You need an additional `delete` under `actions`, then you should be ok.
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### Author:  [@Gokul6](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gokul6)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2021, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/older-indices-are-not-getting-deleted-after-rollover/263953/3 "2021-02-11T06:13:24Z")
i have already enabled delete phase @warkolm
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### Author:  [@Gokul6](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gokul6)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2021, 6:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/older-indices-are-not-getting-deleted-after-rollover/263953/4 "2021-02-11T06:29:29Z")
i got it @warkolm , it should be like the below code i think. i added the `delete` under `actions` **manually here** and created a new policy using **ILM API**. i am wondering why that delete was not automatically added when i created the ilm policy using **Kibana UI**??
PUT \_ilm/policy/tmmt1
{
"policy": {
"phases": {
"hot": {
"min\_age": "0ms",
"actions": {
"rollover": {
"max\_size": "50gb",
"max\_age": "5m",
"max\_docs": 5
},
"set\_priority": {
"priority": 100
}
}
},
"warm": {
"min\_age": "3m",
"actions": {
"set\_priority": {
"priority": 50
}
}
},
"delete": {
"min\_age": "1m",
"actions": {
"delete": {}
}
}
}
}
}
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2021, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/older-indices-are-not-getting-deleted-after-rollover/263953/5 "2021-02-11T06:57:06Z")
There is/was a bug in Kibana that didn't add this action.
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### Author:  [@Gokul6](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gokul6)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2021, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/older-indices-are-not-getting-deleted-after-rollover/263953/6 "2021-02-11T07:04:10Z")
thank you for your time and help @warkolm 😃
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2021, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/older-indices-are-not-getting-deleted-after-rollover/263953/7 "2021-03-11T07:04:47Z")
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