# Why I need add "delete" privilege for logstash user?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-i-need-add-delete-privilege-for-logstash-user/190907>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [July 17, 2019, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-i-need-add-delete-privilege-for-logstash-user/190907 "2019-07-17T07:57:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![azhurbilo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/azhurbilo/32/39408_2.png) [@azhurbilo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/azhurbilo)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-i-need-add-delete-privilege-for-logstash-user/190907/1 "2019-07-17T07:57:31Z")

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According [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/6.8/ls-security.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/6.8/ls-security.html) why I need add "delete" privilege for logstash user?

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**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-i-need-add-delete-privilege-for-logstash-user/190907/2 "2019-07-22T16:54:09Z")

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This is an internal user that Logstash's Elasticsearch output plugin uses to manage relevant indices in Elasticsearch. [`delete` privilege](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/7.2/security-privileges.html#privileges-list-indices) allows this internal user to delete documents from the indices (i.e. when [`action`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-elasticsearch.html#plugins-outputs-elasticsearch-action) is set to `delete` )

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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:** [August 19, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-i-need-add-delete-privilege-for-logstash-user/190907/3 "2019-08-19T16:54:11Z")

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