# Why auto delete the monitoring data about es and kibana how to change it
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-auto-delete-the-monitoring-data-about-es-and-kibana-how-to-change-it/103280
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 10, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-auto-delete-the-monitoring-data-about-es-and-kibana-how-to-change-it/103280 "2017-10-10T01:33:21Z")
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### Author:  [@zqc0512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zqc0512)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-auto-delete-the-monitoring-data-about-es-and-kibana-how-to-change-it/103280/1 "2017-10-10T01:33:21Z")
```
[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:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-auto-delete-the-monitoring-data-about-es-and-kibana-how-to-change-it/103280/2 "2017-10-10T03:10:13Z")
Please see your other thread for the answer [Why auto delete the monitoring data(7 days) about es and kibana how to change it](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-auto-delete-the-monitoring-data-7-days-about-es-and-kibana-how-to-change-it/103281/2)
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-auto-delete-the-monitoring-data-about-es-and-kibana-how-to-change-it/103280/3 "2017-10-10T03:10:18Z")