# .task index to large

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/task-index-to-large/247352
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 3, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/task-index-to-large/247352 "2020-09-03T09:25:16Z")
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### Author: ![tjmartins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@tjmartins](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tjmartins)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/task-index-to-large/247352/1 "2020-09-03T09:25:16Z")

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I'm using elasticsearch 5.6.1 and when I list my indexes I have a .task index with almost 80GB. Is there anything I can do to shrink or delete (if possible) this index?  
Any help please?

Best regards,

Tiago Martins

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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 1, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/task-index-to-large/247352/2 "2020-10-01T09:25:18Z")

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