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- https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current/option_delete_after.html
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# delete_after [option_delete_after]
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This setting is only used by the [shrink](/reference/shrink.md) action.
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```yaml
action: shrink
description: >-
Shrink selected indices on the node with the most available space.
Delete source index after successful shrink.
options:
shrink_node: DETERMINISTIC
delete_after: True
filters:
- filtertype: ...
```
The default value of this setting is `True`. After an index has been successfully shrunk, the source index will be deleted or preserved based on the value of this setting.
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