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title: reverse
description: This setting affects the sort order of the indices.  True means reverse-alphabetical.  This means that if all index names share the same pattern with...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2341/reference/elasticsearch/curator/fe_reverse
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# reverse
<note>
  This setting is used in the [count](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2341/reference/elasticsearch/curator/filtertype_count) and [space](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2341/reference/elasticsearch/curator/filtertype_space) filtertypes
</note>

This setting affects the sort order of the indices.  `True` means reverse-alphabetical.  This means that if all index names share the same pattern with a date—e.g. index-2016.03.01—older indices will be selected first.
The default value of this setting is `True`.
This setting is ignored if [use_age](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2341/reference/elasticsearch/curator/fe_use_age) is `True`.
<tip>
  There are context-specific examples of how `reverse` works in the [count](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2341/reference/elasticsearch/curator/filtertype_count) and [space](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2341/reference/elasticsearch/curator/filtertype_space) documentation.
</tip>