# Speeding up index deletion

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/speeding-up-index-deletion/78337>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 13, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/speeding-up-index-deletion/78337 "2017-03-13T12:32:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![cjelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@cjelastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cjelastic)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/speeding-up-index-deletion/78337/1 "2017-03-13T12:32:56Z")

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Prior research (that didn't help): [Slow Index Deletion](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-index-deletion/62428)  
ES version: 2.4.0  
Number of nodes: 6  
\_cat/indices: green open ABC 8 1 46191901 165 200.9gb 100.3gb

In ES logs, I see a line like:

cluster state update task [delete-index [ABC]] took 35.7s above the warn threshold of 30s

Why does deleting the index take this long? How can I make it faster?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/speeding-up-index-deletion/78337/2 "2017-03-14T18:37:08Z")

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It could be many things, such as slow disk.  
Is it causing problems? Howe are you measuring the load on the system?

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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:** [April 11, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/speeding-up-index-deletion/78337/3 "2017-04-11T18:37:23Z")

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