---
title: Delete auto-follow patterns
description: To delete an auto-follow pattern collection, access Kibana, select the auto-follow pattern, and pause replication. When the pattern status changes to...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/deploy-manage/tools/cross-cluster-replication/ccr-auto-follow-delete
products:
  - Elasticsearch
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Hosted: Generally available
  - Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes: Generally available
  - Elastic Cloud Enterprise: Generally available
  - Self-managed Elastic deployments: Generally available
---

# Delete auto-follow patterns
To delete an auto-follow pattern collection, [access Kibana](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/deploy-manage/tools/cross-cluster-replication/manage-auto-follow-patterns#ccr-access-ccr-auto-follow), select the auto-follow pattern, and pause replication.
When the pattern status changes to Paused, choose **Manage pattern > Delete pattern**.
Use the [delete auto-follow pattern API](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-ccr-delete-auto-follow-pattern) to delete a configured auto-follow pattern collection.