# Reduce number of shards to the same index?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reduce-number-of-shards-to-the-same-index/283186
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 2, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reduce-number-of-shards-to-the-same-index/283186 "2021-09-02T15:05:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@riahc3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riahc3)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reduce-number-of-shards-to-the-same-index/283186/1 "2021-09-02T15:05:20Z")
Hello
I know of the reindex and shrink API calls BUT Im trying to see how to do it without creating a new index (or better yet, without touching the creation date of each index)
How can I do this?
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reduce-number-of-shards-to-the-same-index/283186/2 "2021-09-02T15:25:46Z")
You can not.
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### Author:  [@riahc3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riahc3)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reduce-number-of-shards-to-the-same-index/283186/3 "2021-09-02T15:27:07Z")
Shame. Thanks @Christian_Dahlqvist
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reduce-number-of-shards-to-the-same-index/283186/4 "2021-09-30T15:27:17Z")
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