# Can't delete dashboards and visualizations from Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-delete-dashboards-and-visualizations-from-kibana/153674>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 23, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-delete-dashboards-and-visualizations-from-kibana/153674 "2018-10-23T19:43:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![ridwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/54ee81/32.png) [@ridwan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ridwan)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-delete-dashboards-and-visualizations-from-kibana/153674/1 "2018-10-23T19:43:45Z")

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Hi,  
I am using Kibana version 6.2.3 and Elasticsearch version 6.2.3.  
I am trying to delete some dashboards and visualizations from Kibana UI (Management \> Kibana\>Saved Objects), but failing to do so. I see the following error message:

![1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/5/150c1e0e93e775296edd862f15444c7d23750d7a.jpeg)

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 ![2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/6/66680524dcb8c51d2e4444c3ea069f61e5d3eb1c.jpeg)

These dashboards and visualizations are all empty, I can't open them, tried to edit them with json contents and then failed to save. But these objects still show up in the listing (Management \>Kibana\>Saved Objects).

Is there a way to get rid of these objects?

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-delete-dashboards-and-visualizations-from-kibana/153674/2 "2018-10-24T12:49:42Z")

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Can you post the contents of the .kibana index documents of visualization or dashboard type?

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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:** [November 21, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-delete-dashboards-and-visualizations-from-kibana/153674/3 "2018-11-21T12:49:43Z")

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