# Strange problem with index delete **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 11, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strange-problem-with-index-delete/19208 "2014-08-11T20:30:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IronMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9a140/32.png) [@IronMike](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/IronMike)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strange-problem-with-index-delete/19208/1 "2014-08-11T20:30:36Z")
This is a strange problem, I am not sure I ended up here. I am on a cluster of 2 nodes, and was trying to delete the index, I keep getting acknowleged = false. If I look at my index through HEAD plugin, I get "index name" size: unknown docs: unknown and I see no shards assigned to either node apparently. This was index was fine with few thousand docs. I would just like to be able to delete it. How can I force a delete ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bf5eb235-27d8-4768-be41-6d989d0c10de%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bf5eb235-27d8-4768-be41-6d989d0c10de%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strange-problem-with-index-delete/19208/2 "2017-07-06T01:09:28Z")