# Remove 2 nodes from a 4 nodes cluster

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-2-nodes-from-a-4-nodes-cluster/244690>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 12, 2020, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-2-nodes-from-a-4-nodes-cluster/244690 "2020-08-12T09:24:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![claud81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a87d85/32.png) [@claud81](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/claud81)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-2-nodes-from-a-4-nodes-cluster/244690/1 "2020-08-12T09:24:48Z")

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Hi everyone,

I would like to reduce the number of my 4 Ubuntu master-eligible nodes cluster (version 6.8) to a 3 master-eligible nodes cluster.

In order to do this I have to temporarily remove 2 nodes from the cluster because I need to delete one node to get the disk space (it's VM VMware) and assign it to the other node.

What is the best way to accomplish this scenario?

I know that removing 2 nodes at the same time will bring my cluster on red state, I would like to avoid this situation.

Thanks!

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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:** [September 9, 2020, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-2-nodes-from-a-4-nodes-cluster/244690/2 "2020-09-09T09:24:49Z")

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