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title: About
description: Elasticsearch Curator helps you curate, or manage, your Elasticsearch indices and snapshots by: Obtaining the full list of indices (or snapshots) from...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/elasticsearch/curator/about
products:
  - Elasticsearch
  - Elasticsearch Curator
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# About
Elasticsearch Curator helps you curate, or manage, your Elasticsearch indices and snapshots by:
1. Obtaining the full list of indices (or snapshots) from the cluster, as the *actionable list*
2. Iterate through a list of user-defined [filters](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/elasticsearch/curator/filters) to progressively remove indices (or snapshots) from this *actionable list* as needed.
3. Perform various [actions](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/elasticsearch/curator/actions) on the items which remain in the *actionable list.*

Learn More:
- [Origin](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/elasticsearch/curator/about-origin)
- [Features](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/elasticsearch/curator/about-features)
- [Command-Line Interface (CLI)](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/elasticsearch/curator/about-cli)
- [Application Program Interface (API)](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/elasticsearch/curator/about-api)
- [License](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/elasticsearch/curator/license)
- [Site Corrections](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/elasticsearch/curator/site-corrections)
- [Contributing](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/elasticsearch/curator/about-contributing)