# Tens of GB indexes deleted, no OS space reclaimed **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 19, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tens-of-gb-indexes-deleted-no-os-space-reclaimed/281964 "2021-08-19T12:59:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sz7443](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sz7443](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sz7443)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tens-of-gb-indexes-deleted-no-os-space-reclaimed/281964/1 "2021-08-19T12:59:14Z")
Hi, I have scouted locals forum for almost half a day but no relevant reply found. I am trying to introduce curator to our ES and I have deleted several 25GB indexes successfully. However, no OS space reclaimed after deletion. I haven't found much resources I could use to check the relevant parts. I am beginner in ES, hence I don't know much about the bits under the hood. Sorry. I would be grateful for any advice pointing me in the right direction (i.e. what to check etc.) My configuration is one-node Elasticsearch on Windows 2016. EDIT: To give you as precise insight into the approach of mine as possible, I have done this to my server: ```auto (.venv) D:\ELK\curator\.venv\Scripts>curator_cli --config _curator_config\curator-config.yml --username *redacted*--password *redacted* delete-indices --filter_list "[{\"filtertype\":\"age\",\"source\":\"creation_date\",\"direction\":\"older\",\"unit\":\"days\",\"unit_count\":30},{\"filtertype\":\"pattern\",\"kind\":\"prefix\",\"value\":\"xy-servers-\"}]" 2021-08-19 15:31:46,645 INFO Instantiating client object 2021-08-19 15:31:46,646 INFO Testing client connectivity 2021-08-19 15:31:46,653 INFO Successfully created Elasticsearch client object with provided settings d:\elk\curator\.venv\lib\site-packages\elasticsearch\connection\base.py:208: ElasticsearchWarning: this request accesses system indices: [.apm-agent-configuration, .apm-custom-link, .async-search, .kibana_1, .kibana_task_manager_1, .security-7], but in a future major version, direct access to system indices will be prevented by default warnings.warn(message, category=ElasticsearchWarning) 2021-08-19 15:31:46,916 INFO Deleting 9 selected indices: ['xy-servers-2021.05.29-000025', 'xy-servers-2021.06.10-000027', 'xy-servers-2021.07.07-000032', 'xy-servers-2021.06.21-000029', 'xy-servers-2021.06.15-000028', 'xy-servers-2021.07.12-000033', 'xy-servers-2021.07.01-000031', 'xy-servers-2021.05.24-000024', 'xy-servers-2021.06.04-000026'] 2021-08-19 15:31:46,917 INFO ---deleting index xy-servers-2021.05.29-000025 2021-08-19 15:31:46,917 INFO ---deleting index xy-servers-2021.06.10-000027 2021-08-19 15:31:46,917 INFO ---deleting index xy-servers-2021.07.07-000032 2021-08-19 15:31:46,918 INFO ---deleting index xy-servers-2021.06.21-000029 2021-08-19 15:31:46,919 INFO ---deleting index xy-servers-2021.06.15-000028 2021-08-19 15:31:46,919 INFO ---deleting index xy-servers-2021.07.12-000033 2021-08-19 15:31:46,921 INFO ---deleting index xy-servers-2021.07.01-000031 2021-08-19 15:31:46,921 INFO ---deleting index xy-servers-2021.05.24-000024 2021-08-19 15:31:46,922 INFO ---deleting index xy-servers-2021.06.04-000026 2021-08-19 15:32:00,089 INFO "delete_indices" action completed. ``` After this (deleted a lot over 100GB), not even a single GB has been added to free space on the D:\ drive (where does whole ELK reside). Thanks in advance for any feedback. ---
**Author:** ![sz7443](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sz7443](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sz7443)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tens-of-gb-indexes-deleted-no-os-space-reclaimed/281964/2 "2021-08-19T15:40:57Z")
... and on the server in different subsidiary I have configured (the configuration is identical as far as I am concerned), the reclaim is almost instant ... ---
**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:** [August 20, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tens-of-gb-indexes-deleted-no-os-space-reclaimed/281964/3 "2021-08-20T01:49:43Z")
Welcome to our community! 😃 What version of Elasticsearch are you using? ---
**Author:** ![sz7443](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sz7443](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sz7443)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 6:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tens-of-gb-indexes-deleted-no-os-space-reclaimed/281964/4 "2021-08-20T06:19:46Z")
Hello Mark, thanks for the interest into this problem of mine. We use 7.10.1 on both servers. ---
**Author:** ![sz7443](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sz7443](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sz7443)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tens-of-gb-indexes-deleted-no-os-space-reclaimed/281964/5 "2021-08-20T15:48:00Z")
It is not Elasticsearch issue, rather filesystem issue - the size of the ELK folder changes with respect to index deletions via curator. Nevermind, closing the ticket. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tens-of-gb-indexes-deleted-no-os-space-reclaimed/281964/6 "2021-09-17T15:48:04Z")
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