# How can I close all the indices except the safeguard index for elasticsearch?

**URL:** https://forum.search-guard.com/t/how-can-i-close-all-the-indices-except-the-safeguard-index-for-elasticsearch/835
**Category:** Search Guard
**Created:** [March 12, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/how-can-i-close-all-the-indices-except-the-safeguard-index-for-elasticsearch/835 "2018-03-12T19:11:44Z")
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### Author: ![K11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@K11](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/K11)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/how-can-i-close-all-the-indices-except-the-safeguard-index-for-elasticsearch/835/1 "2018-03-12T19:11:44Z")

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