How can I clean up "$splunk_home/var/run/searchpeers" on indexer?

[locose]

Is there a process to clean up $splunk_home/var/run/searchpeers directory on my indexers? I see *.delta files there from 2 years ago.

[kamal_jagga]

I am also facing same issue ? Indexer is down for few days. A;ready tried dispatch cleanup. Not sure what to do

[divyavikas123]

Hi locose ,
You can delete the older searchpeers,but you first need to stop splunk,and than delete and than start it.As searchpeer contains knowledge objects,and if those knowledge objects are still in use by your search heads(saved searches) than it will be replicated to indexers in the form of search bundles,So if you are having knowledge objects in search heads than u can delete it from search heads.So that next it wont get replicated to indexers.Ask me any query if not get fixed.

Thank you.