# Queue delete operation after snapshot completes **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE)\ **Created:** [October 17, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/queue-delete-operation-after-snapshot-completes/104156 "2017-10-17T01:02:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pykler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pykler/32/22576_2.png) [@pykler](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pykler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/queue-delete-operation-after-snapshot-completes/104156/1 "2017-10-17T01:02:05Z")
We use elastic cloud and we have an index that rolls over nightly we also want to delete old indicies. Unfortunately the snapshot operation often is running while we are trying to delete the old index, which causes the delete to fail. Is there a way to queue the delete operation to happen as soon as it is allowed to happen? ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_Piggott](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alex_piggott/32/11053_2.png) [@Alex\_Piggott](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex_Piggott)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/queue-delete-operation-after-snapshot-completes/104156/2 "2017-10-24T14:12:14Z")
Please see [https://discuss.elastic.co/t/now-live-new-elastic-cloud-standard-support/84161](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/now-live-new-elastic-cloud-standard-support/84161) on how to request support for Elastic Cloud ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/queue-delete-operation-after-snapshot-completes/104156/3 "2017-11-07T14:12:25Z")
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