# Why auto delete the monitoring data(7 days) about es and kibana how to change it
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-auto-delete-the-monitoring-data-7-days-about-es-and-kibana-how-to-change-it/103281
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [October 10, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-auto-delete-the-monitoring-data-7-days-about-es-and-kibana-how-to-change-it/103281 "2017-10-10T01:44:51Z")
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### Author:  [@zqc0512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zqc0512)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-auto-delete-the-monitoring-data-7-days-about-es-and-kibana-how-to-change-it/103281/1 "2017-10-10T01:44:51Z")
```
[2017-10-10T01:00:00,001][INFO][o.e.x.m.e.l.LocalExporter] cleaning up [2] old indices
[2017-10-10T01:00:00,003][INFO][o.e.c.m.MetaDataDeleteIndexService] [xxx.xxx] [.monitoring-kibana-2-2017.10.02/ozkaTfbFRb2u35iQclZvOQ] deleting index
[2017-10-10T01:00:00,003][INFO][o.e.c.m.MetaDataDeleteIndexService] [xxx.xxx] [.monitoring-es-2-2017.10.02/7fJ_ilDgR-mRXI31fh8Jsg] deleting index
```
it auto delete the monitoring data about es and kibana it about 7 days save ,the other indices no delete
how change it ?
thanks .
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### Author:  [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-auto-delete-the-monitoring-data-7-days-about-es-and-kibana-how-to-change-it/103281/2 "2017-10-10T02:18:26Z")
If you are using the free "basic" license for X-Pack, then the monitoring history is limited to 7 days.
If you are using a paid license (gold or platinum) then you can configure the expiry with the `xpack.monitoring.history.duration` setting in your `elasticsearch.yml` file.
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### Author:  [@zqc0512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zqc0512)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-auto-delete-the-monitoring-data-7-days-about-es-and-kibana-how-to-change-it/103281/3 "2017-10-10T02:34:17Z")
if gold or platinum also need setting the xpack.monitoring.history.duration in elasticsearch.yml file?
if not set,what the defalut days about it.
"xpack.monitoring.history.duration" set like xpack.monitoring.history.duration: 300d
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### Author:  [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-auto-delete-the-monitoring-data-7-days-about-es-and-kibana-how-to-change-it/103281/4 "2017-10-10T03:00:47Z")
Please see the documentation for the [X-Pack Monitoring Settings](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/monitoring-settings.html#monitoring-collection-settings)
The default value is _7 days_ for all licenses.
The ability to configure that setting only exists in Gold or Platinum.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-auto-delete-the-monitoring-data-7-days-about-es-and-kibana-how-to-change-it/103281/5 "2017-11-07T03:00:54Z")
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