# Shrink How to avoid stop writing **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 3, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-how-to-avoid-stop-writing/269154 "2021-04-03T15:40:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asasas234](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/asasas234/32/113152_2.png) [@asasas234](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asasas234)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-how-to-avoid-stop-writing/269154/1 "2021-04-03T15:40:17Z")
I have 1 index with 2 primary shards, I want to narrow it down to 1 shard, I learned through search that it is recommended to achieve through shrink api, but shrink will stop writing, is there any solution to stop writing? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-how-to-avoid-stop-writing/269154/2 "2021-04-03T19:20:07Z")
You can't. You need to make your users write to another index if you can't stop writing. ---
**Author:** ![asasas234](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/asasas234/32/113152_2.png) [@asasas234](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asasas234)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 2:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-how-to-avoid-stop-writing/269154/3 "2021-04-04T02:27:30Z")
@dadoonet thanks Just as I thought ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-how-to-avoid-stop-writing/269154/4 "2021-05-02T02:28:22Z")
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