---
title: "looker-health-vacuum"
type: docs
weight: 1
description: >
"looker-health-vacuum" provides a set of commands to audit and identify unused LookML objects in a Looker instance.
aliases:
- /resources/tools/looker-health-vacuum
---
## About
The `looker-health-vacuum` tool helps you identify unused LookML objects such as
models, explores, joins, and fields. The `action` parameter selects the type of
vacuum to perform:
- `models`: Identifies unused explores within a model.
- `explores`: Identifies unused joins and fields within an explore.
## Parameters
| **field** | **type** | **required** | **description** |
|:------------|:---------|:-------------|:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| action | string | true | The vacuum to perform: `models`, or `explores`. |
| project | string | false | The name of the Looker project to vacuum. |
| model | string | false | The name of the Looker model to vacuum. |
| explore | string | false | The name of the Looker explore to vacuum. |
| timeframe | int | false | The timeframe in days to analyze for usage. Defaults to 90. |
| min_queries | int | false | The minimum number of queries for an object to be considered used. Defaults to 1. |
## Example
Identify unnused fields (*in this case, less than 1 query in the last 20 days*)
and joins in the `order_items` explore and `thelook` model
```yaml
tools:
health_vacuum:
kind: looker-health-vacuum
source: looker-source
description: |
This tool identifies and suggests LookML models or explores that can be
safely removed due to inactivity or low usage.
Parameters:
- action (required): The type of resource to analyze for removal candidates. Can be `"models"` or `"explores"`.
- project (optional): The specific project ID to consider.
- model (optional): The specific model name to consider. Requires `project` if used without `explore`.
- explore (optional): The specific explore name to consider. Requires `model` if used.
- timeframe (optional): The lookback period in days to assess usage. Defaults to `90` days.
- min_queries (optional): The minimum number of queries for a resource to be considered active. Defaults to `1`.
Output:
A JSON array of objects, each representing a model or explore that is a candidate for deletion due to low usage.
```
| **field** | **type** | **required** | **description** |
|-------------|:--------:|:------------:|----------------------------------------------------|
| kind | string | true | Must be "looker-health-vacuum" |
| source | string | true | Looker source name |
| description | string | true | Description of the tool that is passed to the LLM. |