diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/support/server/default_config.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/support/server/default_config.ts
index 73542029d8..1caad2e2d2 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/support/server/default_config.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/support/server/default_config.ts
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ const defaultServerConfig: AdminConfig = {
         ClientCert: '',
         ClientKey: '',
         Trace: '',
+        IgnoredPurgeIndexes: '',
     },
     BleveSettings: {
         IndexDir: '',
diff --git a/server/i18n/en.json b/server/i18n/en.json
index 409430c3cb..7b4b555d02 100644
--- a/server/i18n/en.json
+++ b/server/i18n/en.json
@@ -8687,6 +8687,10 @@
     "id": "model.config.is_valid.elastic_search.enable_searching.app_error",
     "translation": "Elasticsearch EnableIndexing setting must be set to true when Elasticsearch EnableSearching is set to true"
   },
+  {
+    "id": "model.config.is_valid.elastic_search.ignored_indexes_dash_prefix.app_error",
+    "translation": "Ignored indexes for purge should not start with dash."
+  },
   {
     "id": "model.config.is_valid.elastic_search.live_indexing_batch_size.app_error",
     "translation": "Elasticsearch Live Indexing Batch Size must be at least 1."
diff --git a/server/public/model/config.go b/server/public/model/config.go
index 8ad1d72d0a..095f2f4548 100644
--- a/server/public/model/config.go
+++ b/server/public/model/config.go
@@ -2628,6 +2628,7 @@ type ElasticsearchSettings struct {
 	ClientCert                    *string `access:"environment_elasticsearch,write_restrictable,cloud_restrictable"`
 	ClientKey                     *string `access:"environment_elasticsearch,write_restrictable,cloud_restrictable"`
 	Trace                         *string `access:"environment_elasticsearch,write_restrictable,cloud_restrictable"`
+	IgnoredPurgeIndexes           *string `access:"environment_elasticsearch,write_restrictable,cloud_restrictable"` // telemetry: none
 }
 
 func (s *ElasticsearchSettings) SetDefaults() {
@@ -2726,6 +2727,10 @@ func (s *ElasticsearchSettings) SetDefaults() {
 	if s.Trace == nil {
 		s.Trace = NewString("")
 	}
+
+	if s.IgnoredPurgeIndexes == nil {
+		s.IgnoredPurgeIndexes = NewString("")
+	}
 }
 
 type BleveSettings struct {
@@ -3874,6 +3879,15 @@ func (s *ElasticsearchSettings) isValid() *AppError {
 		return NewAppError("Config.IsValid", "model.config.is_valid.elastic_search.request_timeout_seconds.app_error", nil, "", http.StatusBadRequest)
 	}
 
+	if ign := *s.IgnoredPurgeIndexes; ign != "" {
+		s := strings.Split(ign, ",")
+		for _, ix := range s {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(ix, "-") {
+				return NewAppError("Config.IsValid", "model.config.is_valid.elastic_search.ignored_indexes_dash_prefix.app_error", nil, "", http.StatusBadRequest)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/webapp/channels/src/components/admin_console/__snapshots__/elasticsearch_settings.test.jsx.snap b/webapp/channels/src/components/admin_console/__snapshots__/elasticsearch_settings.test.jsx.snap
index eb330530b7..d2a5b76c64 100644
--- a/webapp/channels/src/components/admin_console/__snapshots__/elasticsearch_settings.test.jsx.snap
+++ b/webapp/channels/src/components/admin_console/__snapshots__/elasticsearch_settings.test.jsx.snap
@@ -362,6 +362,25 @@ exports[`components/ElasticSearchSettings should match snapshot, disabled 1`] =
           }
         }
       />
+      <AdminTextSetting
+        disabled={true}
+        helpText={
+          <Memo(MemoizedFormattedMessage)
+            defaultMessage="When filled in, these indexes will be ignored during the purge, separated by commas."
+            id="admin.elasticsearch.ignoredPurgeIndexesDescription"
+          />
+        }
+        id="ignoredPurgeIndexes"
+        label={
+          <Memo(MemoizedFormattedMessage)
+            defaultMessage="Indexes to skip while purging:"
+            id="admin.elasticsearch.ignoredPurgeIndexes"
+          />
+        }
+        onChange={[Function]}
+        placeholder="E.g.: .opendistro*,.security*"
+        setByEnv={false}
+      />
       <BooleanSetting
         disabled={true}
         falseText={
@@ -829,6 +848,25 @@ exports[`components/ElasticSearchSettings should match snapshot, enabled 1`] = `
           }
         }
       />
+      <AdminTextSetting
+        disabled={false}
+        helpText={
+          <Memo(MemoizedFormattedMessage)
+            defaultMessage="When filled in, these indexes will be ignored during the purge, separated by commas."
+            id="admin.elasticsearch.ignoredPurgeIndexesDescription"
+          />
+        }
+        id="ignoredPurgeIndexes"
+        label={
+          <Memo(MemoizedFormattedMessage)
+            defaultMessage="Indexes to skip while purging:"
+            id="admin.elasticsearch.ignoredPurgeIndexes"
+          />
+        }
+        onChange={[Function]}
+        placeholder="E.g.: .opendistro*,.security*"
+        setByEnv={false}
+      />
       <BooleanSetting
         disabled={false}
         falseText={
diff --git a/webapp/channels/src/components/admin_console/elasticsearch_settings.jsx b/webapp/channels/src/components/admin_console/elasticsearch_settings.jsx
index fb872e9f28..70ee6a84e0 100644
--- a/webapp/channels/src/components/admin_console/elasticsearch_settings.jsx
+++ b/webapp/channels/src/components/admin_console/elasticsearch_settings.jsx
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export default class ElasticsearchSettings extends AdminSettings {
         config.ElasticsearchSettings.EnableIndexing = this.state.enableIndexing;
         config.ElasticsearchSettings.EnableSearching = this.state.enableSearching;
         config.ElasticsearchSettings.EnableAutocomplete = this.state.enableAutocomplete;
+        config.ElasticsearchSettings.IgnoredPurgeIndexes = this.state.ignoredPurgeIndexes;
 
         return config;
     };
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ export default class ElasticsearchSettings extends AdminSettings {
             configTested: true,
             canSave: true,
             canPurgeAndIndex: config.ElasticsearchSettings.EnableIndexing,
+            ignoredPurgeIndexes: config.ElasticsearchSettings.IgnoredPurgeIndexes,
         };
     }
 
@@ -430,6 +432,26 @@ export default class ElasticsearchSettings extends AdminSettings {
                         />
                     )}
                 />
+                <TextSetting
+                    id='ignoredPurgeIndexes'
+                    label={
+                        <FormattedMessage
+                            id='admin.elasticsearch.ignoredPurgeIndexes'
+                            defaultMessage='Indexes to skip while purging:'
+                        />
+                    }
+                    placeholder={'E.g.: .opendistro*,.security*'}
+                    helpText={
+                        <FormattedMessage
+                            id='admin.elasticsearch.ignoredPurgeIndexesDescription'
+                            defaultMessage='When filled in, these indexes will be ignored during the purge, separated by commas.'
+                        />
+                    }
+                    value={this.state.ignoredPurgeIndexes}
+                    disabled={this.props.isDisabled || !this.state.enableIndexing}
+                    onChange={this.handleSettingChanged}
+                    setByEnv={this.isSetByEnv('ElasticsearchSettings.IgnoredPurgeIndexes')}
+                />
                 <BooleanSetting
                     id='enableSearching'
                     label={
diff --git a/webapp/channels/src/i18n/en.json b/webapp/channels/src/i18n/en.json
index 436579a1c9..06070c84bf 100644
--- a/webapp/channels/src/i18n/en.json
+++ b/webapp/channels/src/i18n/en.json
@@ -772,6 +772,8 @@
   "admin.elasticsearch.enableIndexingTitle": "Enable Elasticsearch Indexing:",
   "admin.elasticsearch.enableSearchingDescription": "Requires a successful connection to the Elasticsearch server. When true, Elasticsearch will be used for all search queries using the latest index. Search results may be incomplete until a bulk index of the existing post database is finished. When false, database search is used.",
   "admin.elasticsearch.enableSearchingTitle": "Enable Elasticsearch for search queries:",
+  "admin.elasticsearch.ignoredPurgeIndexes": "Indexes to skip while purging:",
+  "admin.elasticsearch.ignoredPurgeIndexesDescription": "When filled in, these indexes will be ignored during the purge, separated by commas.",
   "admin.elasticsearch.password": "E.g.: \"yourpassword\"",
   "admin.elasticsearch.passwordDescription": "(Optional) The password to authenticate to the Elasticsearch server.",
   "admin.elasticsearch.passwordTitle": "Server Password:",
diff --git a/webapp/platform/types/src/config.ts b/webapp/platform/types/src/config.ts
index 6b8e0d653d..37fd99782f 100644
--- a/webapp/platform/types/src/config.ts
+++ b/webapp/platform/types/src/config.ts
@@ -774,6 +774,7 @@ export type ElasticsearchSettings = {
     ClientCert: string;
     ClientKey: string;
     Trace: string;
+    IgnoredPurgeIndexes: string;
 };
 
 export type BleveSettings = {