# Message Retention doesnt delete old Index **URL:** \ **Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\ **Created:** [June 14, 2018, 11:04am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/message-retention-doesnt-delete-old-index/5609 "2018-06-14T11:04:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pwe123345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pwe123345](https://community.graylog.org/u/pwe123345)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 11:04am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/message-retention-doesnt-delete-old-index/5609/1 "2018-06-14T11:04:25Z")
Hello, I configured Index rotation like this: Create new Index every 12 hours Keep 365 Delete Index I can see, that the latest indexes are rotated at 00:00 and 12:00. But my last index has data before the point in time 6 months ago. I just updated to the latest version, but it didnt help. kind regards Philipp ---
**Author:** ![jochen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/jochen/32/8_2.png) [@jochen](https://community.graylog.org/u/jochen)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/message-retention-doesnt-delete-old-index/5609/2 "2018-06-14T11:14:26Z")
Maybe some messages contained a timestamp from the past or the timestamp wasn’t parsed correctly. Messages are written into Elasticsearch on ingest time, no matter what their “timestamp” is. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/graylog/original/3X/c/7/c7c09c6b5099570133d6502b83f50ba4430de5b6.png) [@system](https://community.graylog.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/message-retention-doesnt-delete-old-index/5609/3 "2018-06-28T11:14:28Z")
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