# Re-creating ES Index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/re-creating-es-index/17973>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 7, 2014, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/re-creating-es-index/17973 "2014-06-07T10:18:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![karthik426](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/edb3f5/32.png) [@karthik426](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/karthik426)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/re-creating-es-index/17973/1 "2014-06-07T10:18:26Z")

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Hi,

I have a few questions with respect to the situation of needing to re-create an index.

1. Is there is any process to re-create an index apart from deleting the current one and creating it again with the documents ?
2. During the situations of re-create, can we use the data already stored in the ES cluster ?
3. Are there any easy ways of the doing the same without have any down-time to the running ES cluster ?

Appreciate any response on the same.

Thanks,  
Karthik

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/re-creating-es-index/17973/2 "2017-07-06T01:24:01Z")

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