Remove files in kafka without

Question

I need to get space on one of my kafka server. And i would want to know if i can remove the oldest files

• *.index
• *.log
• *.snapshot

without issues on my Kafka?

I've read different documentations afterwards i m not sure it's why i come to you. kafka storag and log

i didn't tried anything for the moment.

Answer 1

If you delete the files and restart the broker, then those files may come back due to topic replication.

It is better to alter/lower the topic retention so that Kafka removes those files on its own.