# Ttl field in elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ttl-field-in-elasticsearch/44426>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 15, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ttl-field-in-elasticsearch/44426 "2016-03-15T12:12:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![lucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@lucifer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lucifer)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ttl-field-in-elasticsearch/44426/1 "2016-03-15T12:12:58Z")

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How to change the ttl field of the indices in a cluster using curl command?

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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 16, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ttl-field-in-elasticsearch/44426/2 "2016-03-16T03:25:28Z")

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Take a look at [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.2/indices-ttl.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.2/indices-ttl.html)

Also TTL is deprecated, you should move away from it.

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**Author:** ![lucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@lucifer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lucifer)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ttl-field-in-elasticsearch/44426/3 "2016-03-16T07:06:26Z")

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Using the curl command, can I set it?

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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 16, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ttl-field-in-elasticsearch/44426/4 "2016-03-16T20:08:43Z")

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Yes you can.

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**Author:** ![lucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@lucifer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lucifer)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ttl-field-in-elasticsearch/44426/5 "2016-03-29T08:59:15Z")

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How exactly?

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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 29, 2016, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ttl-field-in-elasticsearch/44426/6 "2016-03-29T09:04:05Z")

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```auto
PUT _cluster/settings
{
    "transient" : {
        "indices.ttl.interval" : "WHATEVER"
    }
}

```

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ttl-field-in-elasticsearch/44426/7 "2017-07-05T23:04:28Z")

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