# When will translog file be deleted from disk? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 22, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-will-translog-file-be-deleted-from-disk/267944 "2021-03-22T06:28:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CHU\_XU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chu_xu/32/45946_2.png) [@CHU\_XU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/CHU_XU)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-will-translog-file-be-deleted-from-disk/267944/1 "2021-03-22T06:28:25Z")
Hi there, I found in the data directory, there many translog files like \*.tlog or \*.ckp have been existing for few days. According to the document, there's a retention setting with default 12 hours. But I'm using 7.5 version and this setting is deprecated. How can I have those translog files committed to lucene index and be deleted? Actually for some reason I want to have translog files exist for no longer than 24 hours. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![CHU\_XU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chu_xu/32/45946_2.png) [@CHU\_XU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/CHU_XU)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 6:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-will-translog-file-be-deleted-from-disk/267944/2 "2021-03-22T06:39:06Z")
BTW, those translog files seems empty because file size is only few bytes. ---
**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-will-translog-file-be-deleted-from-disk/267944/3 "2021-03-22T07:48:32Z")
Translog files are cleaned up when they're no longer necessary, typically on a flush as long as the flush has other work to do. However the version you're using has a [bug](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/49970) which creates empty translog files on a restart; these empty translog files will be cleaned up on the first nontrivial flush, but that could be days (or months) later if it ever happens. The [fix](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/51905) is in 7.7.0 so you should upgrade. A temporary workaround is to `POST //_flush?force`. ---
**Author:** ![CHU\_XU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chu_xu/32/45946_2.png) [@CHU\_XU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/CHU_XU)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-will-translog-file-be-deleted-from-disk/267944/4 "2021-03-22T08:02:27Z")
Thanks David. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-will-translog-file-be-deleted-from-disk/267944/5 "2021-04-19T08:02:41Z")
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