# Remove Harvester From input File(s) - Filebeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-harvester-from-input-file-s-filebeat/42179>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [February 18, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-harvester-from-input-file-s-filebeat/42179 "2016-02-18T18:53:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![bhoskins7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@bhoskins7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhoskins7)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-harvester-from-input-file-s-filebeat/42179/1 "2016-02-18T18:53:53Z")

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I would like to **re-send** input path data to Elasticsearch. The data was initially sent but I deleted the filebeat-\* index and would like to output the log file information to Elasticsearch again.

What are the steps/options to remove the harvester from the input file(s) and resend the data again to the output?

Regards,  
Bradley

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-harvester-from-input-file-s-filebeat/42179/2 "2016-02-18T20:19:11Z")

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Filebeat stores all of its state information to a file. If you delete the file and restart Filebeat it will read the file again.

The location of the registry file is controlled by the `registry_file` config setting. See the docs for the details. [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/configuration-filebeat-options.html#\_registry\_file](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/configuration-filebeat-options.html#_registry_file)

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**Author:** ![bhoskins7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@bhoskins7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhoskins7)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-harvester-from-input-file-s-filebeat/42179/3 "2016-02-19T18:44:17Z")

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I got it!  
Thanks andrewkroh for the response.  
Regards.

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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 5, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-harvester-from-input-file-s-filebeat/42179/4 "2017-07-05T21:55:30Z")

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