--- title: Close description: This action closes the selected indices, and optionally deletes associated aliases beforehand. search_pattern, delete_aliases, skip_flush, ignore_empty_list,... url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/curator/close --- # Close ```yaml action: close description: "Close selected indices" options: delete_aliases: false skip_flush: false filters: - filtertype: ... ``` Empty values and commented lines will result in the default value, if any, being selected. If a setting is set, but not used by a given action, it will be ignored. This action closes the selected indices, and optionally deletes associated aliases beforehand. ## Optional settings - [search_pattern](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/curator/option_search_pattern) - [delete_aliases](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/curator/option_delete_aliases) - [skip_flush](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/curator/option_skip_flush) - [ignore_empty_list](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/curator/option_ignore_empty) - [timeout_override](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/curator/option_timeout_override) - [continue_if_exception](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/curator/option_continue) - [disable_action](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/curator/option_disable) See an example of this action in an [actionfile](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/curator/actionfile) [here](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/curator/ex_close).