# UNASSIGNED SHARDS and deleted indices coming back

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unassigned-shards-and-deleted-indices-coming-back/77605
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 7, 2017, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unassigned-shards-and-deleted-indices-coming-back/77605 "2017-03-07T07:40:07Z")
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### Author: ![jkuang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jkuang/32/72637_2.png) [@jkuang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jkuang)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unassigned-shards-and-deleted-indices-coming-back/77605/2 "2017-03-09T01:30:31Z")

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Take a look at the article below:

> [@Auto import dangling indices to "no"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-import-dangling-indices-to-no/76577):
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> I would like to make Auto import dangling indices to "no", can anyone please help me out here, how to do it and which file i need to change. Can you tell me the file location.

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