Deleting timelines does not delete data in ES

[garanews]

Deleting timeline from ui doesn't delete index in ES, is an expected behavior?

[garanews]

The tsctl drop_db drop ES indexes but leaves the data in Postgresql so the list of available timelines is still filled with data no more present.

[berggren]

This is expected. A timeline can be part of many sketches, so purging from ES is not always possible. If you want to purge the timeline from both ES and SQL you can run tsctl purge

[garanews]

what do you think to have these features available from UI?

[jaegeral]

I agree with @garanews here, having the ability to delete it in WebGui would be really handy.

[kiddinn]

This will be addressed in #1602

The feature is that we can add a label to the sketch, which would indicate that it should get purged, then X days later the data will be automatically purged, this will give the user the chance to "cancel the purge" if they chance their mind, but still provide the optin of purging data from the GUI/API client.