# Snapsot Deletion Times Out

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapsot-deletion-times-out/259029>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 17, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapsot-deletion-times-out/259029 "2020-12-17T18:58:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![pooja\_shukla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@pooja\_shukla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pooja_shukla)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapsot-deletion-times-out/259029/1 "2020-12-17T18:58:10Z")

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`1) Snapshot deletion is timing out using elasticsearch python client`

```auto
client.snapshot.delete(repository="repo_name", snapshot="snapshot_name")

```

`2) We are using curator to delete old snapshot beyond a certain date, curator fetches a list of snapshots and then tries to find the snapshot in the list, it fails to find the snapshot even though it is part of the list.`

Both of my approaches to delete large snapshots is failing.

Thanks

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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:** [January 14, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapsot-deletion-times-out/259029/2 "2021-01-14T18:58:22Z")

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