# PLEASE DELETE - Resolved

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/please-delete-resolved/79344
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 21, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/please-delete-resolved/79344 "2017-03-21T04:31:56Z")
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### Author: ![john981](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/john981/32/16530_2.png) [@john981](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/john981)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/please-delete-resolved/79344/1 "2017-03-21T04:31:56Z")

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Please delete. It turns out that Elasticsearch had ignored our attempts to delete the old alias and was pointing at the wrong index.

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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: [April 18, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/please-delete-resolved/79344/2 "2017-04-18T04:32:02Z")

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