# /var/lib/elasticsearch/nodes/0/indices/

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/var-lib-elasticsearch-nodes-0-indices/287462>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 22, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/var-lib-elasticsearch-nodes-0-indices/287462 "2021-10-22T20:01:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![marcio\_lima](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marcio_lima/32/86528_2.png) [@marcio\_lima](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/marcio_lima)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/var-lib-elasticsearch-nodes-0-indices/287462/1 "2021-10-22T20:01:14Z")

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I have the need to free up disk space by consuming elastic, the files are being generated in / var / lib / Elasticsearch / nodes / 0 / indices /  
how can i delete the indices?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/var-lib-elasticsearch-nodes-0-indices/287462/2 "2021-10-22T20:28:42Z")

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Delete indices using the APIs. NEVER delete directly in the file system.

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**Author:** ![marcio\_lima](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marcio_lima/32/86528_2.png) [@marcio\_lima](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/marcio_lima)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/var-lib-elasticsearch-nodes-0-indices/287462/3 "2021-10-22T20:32:12Z")

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I'm new to Elasticsearch, do you have any help links? Thanks

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/var-lib-elasticsearch-nodes-0-indices/287462/4 "2021-10-23T05:52:20Z")

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> **[Delete index API | Elasticsearch Guide \[7.15\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.15/indices-delete-index.html)**

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**Author:** ![marcio\_lima](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marcio_lima/32/86528_2.png) [@marcio\_lima](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/marcio_lima)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/var-lib-elasticsearch-nodes-0-indices/287462/5 "2021-10-27T13:25:32Z")

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Friend, as the partition was full, the system doesn't do anything for me.  
I had to delete all the indexes, but I can't access the service anymore "The Kibana server is not ready yet"  
Is there any way to retrieve or create a new index?

 ![kibana](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/2/629c42b3aa5053ea10c4bfe999cf7d6bdb6ca801.png)

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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:** [November 24, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/var-lib-elasticsearch-nodes-0-indices/287462/6 "2021-11-24T13:26:31Z")

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