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# Elasticsearch Curator count filter setting [fe_count]

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This setting is only used with the [count](/reference/filtertype_count.md) filtertype<br> and is a required setting.
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```yaml
- filtertype: count
  count: 10
```

The value for this setting is a number of indices or snapshots to match.

Items will remain in the actionable list depending on the value of [exclude](/reference/fe_exclude.md), and [reverse](/reference/fe_reverse.md).

There is no default value. This setting must be set by the user or an exception will be raised, and execution will halt.

