# Unallocating a shard

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unallocating-a-shard/41023>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 5, 2016, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unallocating-a-shard/41023 "2016-02-05T06:47:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Pradeep\_Gowda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@Pradeep\_Gowda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pradeep_Gowda)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unallocating-a-shard/41023/1 "2016-02-05T06:47:51Z")

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Hi All,  
I am testing some corner cases in my setup and trying to reproduce unallocated shards scenario. Is there any way to forcefully unallocate a shared?

Thanks,

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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, 11:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unallocating-a-shard/41023/2 "2017-07-05T23:18:43Z")

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Closed on July 5, 2017, 11:18pm UTC