# Upgraded from ES 5 alpha to ES 5 GA now indices are empty **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 31, 2017, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgraded-from-es-5-alpha-to-es-5-ga-now-indices-are-empty/73327 "2017-01-31T09:11:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jarlrmai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jarlrmai/32/11574_2.png) [@jarlrmai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jarlrmai)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgraded-from-es-5-alpha-to-es-5-ga-now-indices-are-empty/73327/1 "2017-01-31T09:11:57Z")
New to Elasticsearch, What did I do wrong, can anyone help? I'm not sure what info you need ---
**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:** [January 31, 2017, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgraded-from-es-5-alpha-to-es-5-ga-now-indices-are-empty/73327/2 "2017-01-31T09:30:21Z")
We don't guarantee compatibility between the alphas and GAs unfortunately. Is the data important? Did you take a backup? ---
**Author:** ![jarlrmai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jarlrmai/32/11574_2.png) [@jarlrmai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jarlrmai)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgraded-from-es-5-alpha-to-es-5-ga-now-indices-are-empty/73327/3 "2017-01-31T09:48:13Z")
The data is not important it's a learning tool mainly. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgraded-from-es-5-alpha-to-es-5-ga-now-indices-are-empty/73327/4 "2017-02-28T09:48:57Z")
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