# Shrink a lot of indexes at the same time

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-a-lot-of-indexes-at-the-same-time/147976
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 10, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-a-lot-of-indexes-at-the-same-time/147976 "2018-09-10T15:00:40Z")
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### Author: ![bamboomy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bamboomy/32/57597_2.png) [@bamboomy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bamboomy)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-a-lot-of-indexes-at-the-same-time/147976/1 "2018-09-10T15:00:40Z")

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Dear all,

we have a lot of indexes that have 5 shards when 1 would do.

Is there a possibility to bulk shrink them?

Best regards,

S.

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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: [October 8, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-a-lot-of-indexes-at-the-same-time/147976/2 "2018-10-08T15:01:04Z")

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