# Shrink ES Cluster size from 3 to 1 in ES 7.62

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-es-cluster-size-from-3-to-1-in-es-7-62/285369>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 28, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-es-cluster-size-from-3-to-1-in-es-7-62/285369 "2021-09-28T14:03:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![hello5346](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hello5346/32/68209_2.png) [@hello5346](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hello5346)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-es-cluster-size-from-3-to-1-in-es-7-62/285369/1 "2021-09-28T14:03:33Z")

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We are Running an Elasticsearch cluster with 3 nodes and we want to downsize the current cluster to run with only 1 node.

my cluster configs look like this.  
node.master and node.data is true on all 3 nodes and cluster initial master nodes is all 3 as well

```auto
node.master: true
node.data: true

discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts: ["10.0.0.47", "10.0.0.92", "10.0.0.98"]
cluster.initial_master_nodes: ["10.0.0.47", "10.0.0.92", "10.0.0.98"]

```

Now we want to have only one node in the ES Cluster by taking away the other two nodes.  
what is the graceful way of doing it without losing any data?

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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 26, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-es-cluster-size-from-3-to-1-in-es-7-62/285369/2 "2021-10-26T14:04:13Z")

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