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# ILM Actions [ilm-actions]

ILM applies policy actions as indices enter time-oriented phases:

* Hot
* Warm
* Cold
* Delete

The policy actions include:

* [Set Priority](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/index-lifecycle-actions/ilm-set-priority.md)
* [Rollover](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/index-lifecycle-actions/ilm-rollover.md)
* [Unfollow](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/index-lifecycle-actions/ilm-unfollow.md)
* [Allocate](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/index-lifecycle-actions/ilm-allocate.md)
* [Read-Only](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/index-lifecycle-actions/ilm-readonly.md)
* [Force Merge](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/index-lifecycle-actions/ilm-forcemerge.md)
* [Shrink](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/index-lifecycle-actions/ilm-shrink.md)
* [Delete](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/index-lifecycle-actions/ilm-delete.md)

