# Remove suggestions for deleted index patterns

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-suggestions-for-deleted-index-patterns/43142>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 1, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-suggestions-for-deleted-index-patterns/43142 "2016-03-01T17:49:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![yahoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/898d66/32.png) [@yahoo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yahoo)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-suggestions-for-deleted-index-patterns/43142/1 "2016-03-01T17:49:48Z")

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Hi

I deleted 6 indices from Elasticsearch 2.1.1.  
However their patterns still show up as suggestions in Kibana.

I even reinstalled Logstash, ES, and Kibana 4.3.1 Windows in a separate directory.  
But the suggestions still pop up!  
How can I remove these suggestions?

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**Author:** ![stormpython](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stormpython/32/7190_2.png) [@stormpython](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stormpython)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-suggestions-for-deleted-index-patterns/43142/2 "2016-03-01T18:42:06Z")

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Did you try removing your .kibana index from Elasticsearch?

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**Author:** ![yahoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/898d66/32.png) [@yahoo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yahoo)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-suggestions-for-deleted-index-patterns/43142/3 "2016-03-01T18:50:57Z")

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No.

I found in  
data\m\_clus-dev\nodes\0\indices  
.kibana folder.

Is this the folder to delete?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-suggestions-for-deleted-index-patterns/43142/4 "2016-03-01T20:59:27Z")

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Don't delete ES files from the filesystem like that!

What does the output from `_cat/indices` show?

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**Author:** ![yahoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/898d66/32.png) [@yahoo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yahoo)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-suggestions-for-deleted-index-patterns/43142/5 "2016-03-01T22:49:57Z")

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The  
`_cat/indices`  
does not show the deleted indices. Only the current ones.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-suggestions-for-deleted-index-patterns/43142/6 "2016-03-01T23:53:28Z")

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So you deleted the indices but did you delete the patterns on the Kibana settings page?

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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, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-suggestions-for-deleted-index-patterns/43142/7 "2017-07-06T14:00:40Z")

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