# Question about ILM Delete phrase

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-ilm-delete-phrase/353319>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [February 15, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-ilm-delete-phrase/353319 "2024-02-15T03:14:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![JasonREC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@JasonREC](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JasonREC)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-ilm-delete-phrase/353319/1 "2024-02-15T03:14:50Z")

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Hi, I have a question about the delete phrase in ILM.

I have the ILM policy set when the max 15gb limit is reached in the primary shard then do the roll over and then I want that index to be completely deleted after 3 months.

 ![hot](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/1/51b95aea619ec5576bec33a245cb2eb08cd8e39f.png)  
 ![slm](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/7/a7487fee9da3c8684465e9e937f22586b30ee66d.png)

but the "wait for snapshot policy" states in the delete phrase catches my attention because I don't know what that mean even read the definition below, is that just simply mean after an index is deleted there is still a snapshot can let me recover the index back?

I have also attached my SLM policy as well

 ![slmpolicy](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/d/4d9a0e2c545937386ac352b8290c6218e2dedb70.png)

Could anyone help me out?

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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:** [March 14, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-ilm-delete-phrase/353319/2 "2024-03-14T03:15:44Z")

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