# Delete field name in kibana4

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-field-name-in-kibana4/80604>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 30, 2017, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-field-name-in-kibana4/80604 "2017-03-30T07:10:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![manopmk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@manopmk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manopmk)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-field-name-in-kibana4/80604/1 "2017-03-30T07:10:15Z")

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Hi im using kibana4

i want to delete field name without deleting index in kibana4 uisng manual or from url like localhost:port .... not with curl

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-field-name-in-kibana4/80604/2 "2017-03-30T07:12:16Z")

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You cannot do that, you will need to reindex.

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**Author:** ![manopmk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@manopmk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manopmk)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-field-name-in-kibana4/80604/3 "2017-03-30T07:19:50Z")

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if i delete index and created new , it come up with same previous field..  
i dont want to create previous field like logtime,tstamp.....

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-field-name-in-kibana4/80604/4 "2017-03-30T07:45:47Z")

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Then you need to check your inputs as something is creating these.

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**Author:** ![manopmk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@manopmk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manopmk)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-field-name-in-kibana4/80604/5 "2017-03-30T09:05:23Z")

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input {  
file {  
path =\> ["/logs/\*.log"]

```
start_position => "beginning"   

```

}  
}  
filter {

```
multiline {
	pattern => "^%{TIMESTAMP_ISO8601} "
	negate => true
	what => previous
	
}

```

}  
output {  
elasticsearch {  
host =\> "ipaddress"  
port =\> 9200  
user =\> "username"  
password =\> "Password"  
protocol =\> "http"  
}  
stdout { codec =\> rubydebug }  
}

i dont thing so it will create again  
can you help me buddy..

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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:** [April 27, 2017, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-field-name-in-kibana4/80604/6 "2017-04-27T09:05:27Z")

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