# Reclaim snapshot space

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reclaim-snapshot-space/370306>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Created:** [November 11, 2024, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reclaim-snapshot-space/370306 "2024-11-11T08:59:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![asik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@asik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asik)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reclaim-snapshot-space/370306/1 "2024-11-11T08:59:40Z")

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Hi All, I recently deleted the Elasticsearch repository in dev env without doing a clean-up of its snapshots. After deleting the repository the disk space is not reduced. How do it do the clean-up of indices to reclaim the storage

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**Author:** ![Artem\_Shelkovnikov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/artem_shelkovnikov/32/134322_2.png) [@Artem\_Shelkovnikov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Artem_Shelkovnikov)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reclaim-snapshot-space/370306/2 "2024-11-11T12:27:18Z")

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Hi @asik.

Can you try running snapshot cleanup command described in this document? [Clean up snapshot repository API | Elasticsearch Guide [8.15] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/clean-up-snapshot-repo-api.html)

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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:** [December 9, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reclaim-snapshot-space/370306/3 "2024-12-09T12:27:20Z")

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