# Removing aborted snapshot **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 22, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/removing-aborted-snapshot/132879 "2018-05-22T18:46:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jonny\_Glazier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jonny_glazier/32/31488_2.png) [@Jonny\_Glazier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonny_Glazier)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/removing-aborted-snapshot/132879/1 "2018-05-22T18:46:49Z")
Thanks in advance for the help My problem is that I tried to delete a snapshot during execution and now it is labeled as both aborted and in progress. This prevents me from executing any new snapshots, as it returns me an error of concurrent snapshot execution. Furthermore, the delete api does not work when I attempt to delete the aforementioned snapshot. I get an error 504, could not connect. I am currently running ES on AWS with two nodes. In your experience, what can be done to fix this? When I run GET /\_snapshot/backups/201804/\_status, it tells me it is aborted. When I run other commands, I am told that it is in progress ---
**Author:** ![eedugon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eedugon/32/45404_2.png) [@eedugon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eedugon)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/removing-aborted-snapshot/132879/2 "2018-05-22T19:34:49Z")
Hi @Jonny_Glazier, I would try a rolling restart (restarting nodes one by one), or a full restart if the rolling restart doesn't solve the issue. Check also [Snapshot in progress for long time. How do I delete it?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-in-progress-for-long-time-how-do-i-delete-it/17199/4) Regards! Eduardo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/removing-aborted-snapshot/132879/3 "2018-06-19T19:35:04Z")
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