---
title: include_aliases
description: This setting must be either True or False. The value of this setting determines whether Elasticsearch should include index aliases when restoring the...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/elasticsearch/curator/option_include_aliases
products:
  - Elasticsearch
  - Elasticsearch Curator
---

# include_aliases
<note>
  This setting is only used by the [restore](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/elasticsearch/curator/restore) action.
</note>

```yaml
actions:
  1:
    action: restore
    description: Restore my_index from my_snapshot in my_repository
    options:
      repository: my_repository
      name: my_snapshot
      indices: my_index
      include_aliases: True
      wait_for_completion: True
      max_wait: 3600
      wait_interval: 10
    filters:
    - filtertype: state
      state: SUCCESS
      exclude:
    - filtertype: ...
```

This setting must be either `True` or `False`.
The value of this setting determines whether Elasticsearch should include index aliases when restoring the snapshot.
The default value of this setting is `False`