# Can not remove "tags" field?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-remove-tags-field/67036>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 23, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-remove-tags-field/67036 "2016-11-23T21:54:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![agrm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@agrm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/agrm)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-remove-tags-field/67036/1 "2016-11-23T21:54:01Z")

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I have the following pipe configuration (See bellow). It removes all additional fields except "tags". I am using the latest elasticsearch and logstash software. What could be wrong that it does not remove "tage"?

input  
{  
udp  
{  
port =\> 6789  
codec =\> "json"  
}  
}

filter  
{  
if [CLIENT\_DATA]  
{  
grok  
{  
match =\> { "@timestamp" =\> "%{YEAR:year}-%{MONTHNUM:month}-%{MONTHDAY:day}T%{HOUR:hour}:%{MINUTE:minute}:%{SECOND:second}." }  
}

```
 mutate
 {
    add_field => { "pc_received_date" => "%{year}-%{month}-%{day} %{hour}:%{minute}:%{second}" }

    add_field => { "pc_name" => "my_pc_name" }

    remove_field => ["@version" , "tags" , "host" , "CLIENT_DATA" , "year" , "month" , "day" , "hour" , "minute" , "second" , "@timestamp"]
 }

```

}  
else  
{  
drop {}  
}  
}

output  
{  
elasticsearch  
{  
hosts =\> ["localhost:9200"]  
codec =\> "json"  
}

# stdout { codec =\> rubydebug }

}

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-remove-tags-field/67036/2 "2016-12-21T21:54:05Z")

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