# Reset index lifecycle settings

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reset-index-lifecycle-settings/192970>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 30, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reset-index-lifecycle-settings/192970 "2019-07-30T18:45:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![topher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@topher](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/topher)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reset-index-lifecycle-settings/192970/1 "2019-07-30T18:45:57Z")

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OK, I was slow to the ILM awareness party - I upgraded to 7.0 originally back in late April, and didn't notice until much later that all the data I was looking at was sitting in a single "logstash" index that kept growing and never cycled like it did by date with 6.x. Data was lost, but that particular index was stored redundantly anyway so lesson learned, I move on, and now I discover what ILM is.

The problem is it took me a bit to get my head wrapped around it and what I'd like to do is to remove all ILM settings that I've put in and start over. The reason I want to do this is I've fiddled a little here, a little there, and much of that was before I had a clue. Instead of picking through the haystack for needles I left, I'd like to just reset ILM and start over. Is there any way do to do that, or do I need to look for a metal detector to try and help me find these needles I threw in? 🙂

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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:** [August 27, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reset-index-lifecycle-settings/192970/2 "2019-08-27T18:48:56Z")

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Closed on August 27, 2019, 6:48pm UTC

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