# Retention of backup repositories

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retention-of-backup-repositories/187697>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 27, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retention-of-backup-repositories/187697 "2019-06-27T01:50:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Yury\_Kozlov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yury_kozlov/32/48944_2.png) [@Yury\_Kozlov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yury_Kozlov)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retention-of-backup-repositories/187697/1 "2019-06-27T01:50:07Z")

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We are setting up an AWS S3 repository to make hourly snapshots with 3 days retention.  
Does Elastic provide an out of the box retention feature ?  
So that, for example, outdated snapshots will be deleted automatically.

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![Wolfram\_Haussig](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wolfram_haussig/32/70528_2.png) [@Wolfram\_Haussig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wolfram_Haussig)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retention-of-backup-repositories/187697/2 "2019-06-27T05:15:16Z")

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Hi,

I don't know if ElasticSearch supportd this out of the Box now as we are not on the latest version but we use the Curator: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current/index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current/index.html)

Here is the official example: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current/ex\_delete\_snapshots.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current/ex_delete_snapshots.html)

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 5:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retention-of-backup-repositories/187697/3 "2019-06-27T05:39:24Z")

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It will come in the future. See

> <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/38461>

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**Author:** ![Yury\_Kozlov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yury_kozlov/32/48944_2.png) [@Yury\_Kozlov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yury_Kozlov)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retention-of-backup-repositories/187697/4 "2019-06-27T14:04:36Z")

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Thanks for the links. I will check them out.

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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 25, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retention-of-backup-repositories/187697/5 "2019-07-25T14:04:45Z")

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