diff --git a/public/pages/DefineDetector/components/CustomResultIndex/CustomResultIndex.tsx b/public/pages/DefineDetector/components/CustomResultIndex/CustomResultIndex.tsx
index ccbc08e5..f804ef30 100644
--- a/public/pages/DefineDetector/components/CustomResultIndex/CustomResultIndex.tsx
+++ b/public/pages/DefineDetector/components/CustomResultIndex/CustomResultIndex.tsx
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import {
   EuiIcon,
   EuiFieldNumber,
 } from '@elastic/eui';
-import { Field, FieldProps } from 'formik';
-import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { Field, FieldProps, FormikProps, useFormikContext } from 'formik';
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import ContentPanel from '../../../../components/ContentPanel/ContentPanel';
 import { CUSTOM_AD_RESULT_INDEX_PREFIX } from '../../../../../server/utils/constants';
 import { BASE_DOCS_LINK } from '../../../../utils/constants';
@@ -32,18 +32,39 @@ import {
   isInvalid,
   getError,
   validateCustomResultIndex,
-  validatePositiveInteger,
+  validateEmptyOrPositiveInteger,
 } from '../../../../utils/utils';
 import { FormattedFormRow } from '../../../../components/FormattedFormRow/FormattedFormRow';
+import { DetectorDefinitionFormikValues } from '../../models/interfaces';
+import { get } from 'lodash';
 
 interface CustomResultIndexProps {
   isEdit: boolean;
   useDefaultResultIndex?: boolean;
   resultIndex?: string;
+  formikProps: FormikProps<DetectorDefinitionFormikValues>;
 }
 
 function CustomResultIndex(props: CustomResultIndexProps) {
   const [enabled, setEnabled] = useState<boolean>(!!props.resultIndex);
+  const [customResultIndexConditionsEnabled, setCustomResultIndexConditionsEnabled] = useState<boolean>(true);
+  const customResultIndexMinAge = get(props.formikProps, 'values.resultIndexMinAge');
+  const customResultIndexMinSize = get(props.formikProps, 'values.resultIndexMinSize');
+  const customResultIndexTTL = get(props.formikProps, 'values.resultIndexTtl');
+  const { setFieldValue } = useFormikContext();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (props.isEdit) {
+      if (customResultIndexMinAge === undefined && customResultIndexMinSize === undefined && customResultIndexTTL === undefined) {
+        setCustomResultIndexConditionsEnabled(false);
+      }
+    } 
+    if (!customResultIndexConditionsEnabled) {
+      setFieldValue('resultIndexMinAge', '');
+      setFieldValue('resultIndexMinSize', '');
+      setFieldValue('resultIndexTtl', '');
+    }
+  },[customResultIndexConditionsEnabled])
 
   return (
     <ContentPanel
@@ -89,7 +110,7 @@ function CustomResultIndex(props: CustomResultIndexProps) {
               <EuiFlexItem>
                 <EuiCallOut
                   data-test-subj="cannotEditResultIndexCallout"
-                  title="You can't change the custom result index after creating the detector. You can manage the result index using the following three settings."
+                  title="You can't change the custom result index after creating the detector. You can manage the result index using the following three settings inside Anomaly Detection plugin or with the Index Management plugin."
                   color="warning"
                   iconType="alert"
                   size="s"
@@ -115,20 +136,37 @@ function CustomResultIndex(props: CustomResultIndexProps) {
                 </EuiFormRow>
               </EuiFlexItem>
             ) : null}
+
+            {enabled ? (
+              <EuiFlexItem>
+                <EuiCheckbox
+                  id={'resultIndexConditionCheckbox'}
+                  label="Enable custom result index lifecycle management"
+                  checked={customResultIndexConditionsEnabled}
+                  onChange={() => {
+                    setCustomResultIndexConditionsEnabled(!customResultIndexConditionsEnabled);
+                  }}
+                />
+              </EuiFlexItem>
+            ) : null}
           </EuiFlexGroup>
         )}
       </Field>
 
-      {enabled ? (<Field 
+      { (enabled && customResultIndexConditionsEnabled) ? (<Field 
         name="resultIndexMinAge" 
-        validate={enabled ? validatePositiveInteger : null}
+        validate={(enabled && customResultIndexConditionsEnabled) ? validateEmptyOrPositiveInteger : null}
         >
         {({ field, form }: FieldProps) => (
           <EuiFlexGroup>
             <EuiFlexItem style={{ maxWidth: '70%' }}>
               <FormattedFormRow
                 fullWidth
-                title="Max Index Age"
+                formattedTitle={
+                  <p>
+                    Min Index Age <span className="optional">- optional</span>
+                  </p>
+                }
                 hint={[
                   `This setting would define a specific threshold for the age of an index. When this threshold is surpassed, a rollover will be triggered automatically.`,
                 ]}
@@ -141,6 +179,7 @@ function CustomResultIndex(props: CustomResultIndexProps) {
                       name="resultIndexMinAge"
                       id="resultIndexMinAge"
                       data-test-subj="resultIndexMinAge"
+                      placeholder="Min index age"
                       min={1}
                       {...field}
                     />
@@ -157,16 +196,20 @@ function CustomResultIndex(props: CustomResultIndexProps) {
         )}
       </Field>) : null}  
 
-      {enabled ? (<Field
+      {(enabled && customResultIndexConditionsEnabled) ? (<Field
         name="resultIndexMinSize"
-        validate={enabled ? validatePositiveInteger : null}
+        validate={(enabled && customResultIndexConditionsEnabled) ? validateEmptyOrPositiveInteger : null}
         >
         {({ field, form }: FieldProps) => (
           <EuiFlexGroup>
             <EuiFlexItem style={{ maxWidth: '70%' }}>
               <FormattedFormRow
                 fullWidth
-                title="Max Index Size"
+                formattedTitle={
+                  <p>
+                    Min Index Size <span className="optional">- optional</span>
+                  </p>
+                }
                 hint={[
                   `This setting would define a specific threshold for the size of an index. When this threshold is surpassed, a rollover will be triggered automatically.`,
                 ]}
@@ -178,7 +221,7 @@ function CustomResultIndex(props: CustomResultIndexProps) {
                     <EuiFieldNumber
                       name="resultIndexMinSize"
                       id="resultIndexMinSize"
-                      placeholder="Max index size"
+                      placeholder="Min index size"
                       data-test-subj="resultIndexMinSize"
                       min={1000}
                       {...field}
@@ -196,16 +239,20 @@ function CustomResultIndex(props: CustomResultIndexProps) {
         )}
       </Field>) : null}
 
-      {enabled ? (<Field
+      {(enabled && customResultIndexConditionsEnabled) ? (<Field
         name="resultIndexTtl"
-        validate={enabled ? validatePositiveInteger : null}
+        validate={(enabled && customResultIndexConditionsEnabled) ? validateEmptyOrPositiveInteger : null}
         >
         {({ field, form }: FieldProps) => (
           <EuiFlexGroup>
             <EuiFlexItem style={{ maxWidth: '70%' }}>
               <FormattedFormRow
                 fullWidth
-                title="Index TTL"
+                formattedTitle={
+                  <p>
+                    Index TTL <span className="optional">- optional</span>
+                  </p>
+                }
                 hint={[
                   `This setting would define the duration after which an index is considered expired and eligible for deletion.`,
                 ]}
@@ -218,6 +265,7 @@ function CustomResultIndex(props: CustomResultIndexProps) {
                       name="resultIndexTtl"
                       id="resultIndexTtl"
                       data-test-subj="resultIndexTtl"
+                      placeholder="Index TTL"
                       min={1}
                       {...field}
                     />
diff --git a/public/pages/DefineDetector/containers/DefineDetector.tsx b/public/pages/DefineDetector/containers/DefineDetector.tsx
index 8c57a383..7a55182e 100644
--- a/public/pages/DefineDetector/containers/DefineDetector.tsx
+++ b/public/pages/DefineDetector/containers/DefineDetector.tsx
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ export const DefineDetector = (props: DefineDetectorProps) => {
                 <CustomResultIndex
                   isEdit={props.isEdit}
                   resultIndex={get(formikProps, 'values.resultIndex')}
+                  formikProps={formikProps}
                 />
               </Fragment>
             </EuiPageBody>
diff --git a/public/pages/DefineDetector/models/interfaces.ts b/public/pages/DefineDetector/models/interfaces.ts
index d8b7f8e3..c13f5bcd 100644
--- a/public/pages/DefineDetector/models/interfaces.ts
+++ b/public/pages/DefineDetector/models/interfaces.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export interface DetectorDefinitionFormikValues {
   timeField: string;
   interval: number;
   windowDelay: number;
-  resultIndexMinAge?: number;
-  resultIndexMinSize?: number;
-  resultIndexTtl?:number;
+  resultIndexMinAge?: number | string;
+  resultIndexMinSize?: number | string;
+  resultIndexTtl?:number | string;
 }
diff --git a/public/pages/DefineDetector/utils/helpers.ts b/public/pages/DefineDetector/utils/helpers.ts
index 777c7441..ed3443b1 100644
--- a/public/pages/DefineDetector/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/public/pages/DefineDetector/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ export function detectorDefinitionToFormik(
     timeField: ad.timeField,
     interval: get(ad, 'detectionInterval.period.interval', 10),
     windowDelay: get(ad, 'windowDelay.period.interval', 0),
-    resultIndexMinAge: get(ad, 'resultIndexMinAge', 7),
-    resultIndexMinSize:get(ad, 'resultIndexMinSize', 51200),
-    resultIndexTtl: get(ad, 'resultIndexTtl', 60),
+    resultIndexMinAge: get(ad, 'resultIndexMinAge', undefined),
+    resultIndexMinSize:get(ad, 'resultIndexMinSize', undefined),
+    resultIndexTtl: get(ad, 'resultIndexTtl', undefined),
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/public/pages/ReviewAndCreate/components/DetectorDefinitionFields/DetectorDefinitionFields.tsx b/public/pages/ReviewAndCreate/components/DetectorDefinitionFields/DetectorDefinitionFields.tsx
index e67f33a0..e4335116 100644
--- a/public/pages/ReviewAndCreate/components/DetectorDefinitionFields/DetectorDefinitionFields.tsx
+++ b/public/pages/ReviewAndCreate/components/DetectorDefinitionFields/DetectorDefinitionFields.tsx
@@ -131,9 +131,13 @@ export const DetectorDefinitionFields = (
     }
   };
 
-  const minAge = get(props, 'detector.resultIndexMinAge', '-');
-  const minSize = get(props, 'detector.resultIndexMinSize', '-');
-  const ttl = get(props, 'detector.resultIndexTtl', '-');
+  const minAgeValue = get(props, 'detector.resultIndexMinAge', undefined);
+  const minAge = (minAgeValue === undefined) ? '-' : minAgeValue + " Days";
+  const minSizeValue = get(props, 'detector.resultIndexMinSize', undefined);
+  const minSize = (minSizeValue === undefined) ? '-' : minSizeValue + " MB";
+  const ttlValue = get(props, 'detector.resultIndexTtl', undefined);
+  const ttl = (ttlValue === undefined) ? '-' : ttlValue + " Days";
+
 
   return (
     <ContentPanel
@@ -224,19 +228,19 @@ export const DetectorDefinitionFields = (
         <EuiFlexItem>
           <ConfigCell
             title="Custom result index min age"
-            description={minAge === '-' ? minAge : `${minAge} Days`}
+            description={minAge}
           />
         </EuiFlexItem>
         <EuiFlexItem>
           <ConfigCell
             title="Custom result index min size"
-            description={minSize == '-' ? minSize : `${minSize} MB`}
+            description={minSize}
           />
         </EuiFlexItem>
         <EuiFlexItem>
           <ConfigCell
             title="Custom result index TTL"
-            description={ttl == '-' ? ttl : `${ttl} Days`}
+            description={ttl}
           />
         </EuiFlexItem>
       </EuiFlexGrid>
diff --git a/public/utils/utils.tsx b/public/utils/utils.tsx
index 95c42354..a2af39ff 100644
--- a/public/utils/utils.tsx
+++ b/public/utils/utils.tsx
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ export const validatePositiveInteger = (value: any) => {
     return 'Must be a positive integer';
 };
 
+export const validateEmptyOrPositiveInteger = (value: any) => {
+  if (Number.isInteger(value) && value < 1)
+    return 'Must be a positive integer';
+};
+
 export const validateNonNegativeInteger = (value: any) => {
   if (!Number.isInteger(value) || value < 0)
     return 'Must be a non-negative integer';