# When I delete a lot indices.The cluster is red.What does the cluster do when I delete a lot indices?

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 3, 2020, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-i-delete-a-lot-indices-the-cluster-is-red-what-does-the-cluster-do-when-i-delete-a-lot-indices/213674 "2020-01-03T07:52:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![xyx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/eb8c5e/32.png) [@xyx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xyx)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-i-delete-a-lot-indices-the-cluster-is-red-what-does-the-cluster-do-when-i-delete-a-lot-indices/213674/1 "2020-01-03T07:52:55Z")

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When I delete a lot indices,about 20 indices .The cluster become red.What does the cluster do when I delete a lot indices?Or is there any document than I can read.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-i-delete-a-lot-indices-the-cluster-is-red-what-does-the-cluster-do-when-i-delete-a-lot-indices/213674/2 "2020-01-03T09:36:15Z")

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Which version? What are the logs?  
What exact command you are running?

BTW please make the post title shorter. No need to write a full text as the post title.

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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:** [January 31, 2020, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-i-delete-a-lot-indices-the-cluster-is-red-what-does-the-cluster-do-when-i-delete-a-lot-indices/213674/3 "2020-01-31T09:36:20Z")

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