# Terminating a \_restore
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/terminating-a--restore/74090
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 6, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/terminating-a--restore/74090 "2017-02-06T15:57:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Roger\_Holenweger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roger_Holenweger)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/terminating-a--restore/74090/1 "2017-02-06T15:57:32Z")
Hello all,
i am using snapshot and restore functionality as a backup strategy.
i have run into a situation where the latest restore process is not terminating anymore.
Does anybody have any advice how to kill a non-terminating restore?
Thanks, roger
PS: using ES 2.3.3
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### Author:  [@abeyad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abeyad)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/terminating-a--restore/74090/2 "2017-02-07T14:26:50Z")
Hi Roger,
You will need to delete the indices being restored in order to "delete" the restore operation. See here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/\_restoring\_from\_a\_snapshot.html#\_canceling\_a\_restore](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/_restoring_from_a_snapshot.html#_canceling_a_restore)
Hopefully you have other snapshot backups from which you can restore those indices? It would also be useful for you to dig into why the restore is stuck. Looking at the output of the `/_cat/recovery` API would be helpful here.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/terminating-a--restore/74090/3 "2017-03-07T14:26:53Z")
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