# Deleting Specific Fields From an Indexe

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-specific-fields-from-an-indexe/341430>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** runtime-fields\
**Created:** [August 23, 2023, 6:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-specific-fields-from-an-indexe/341430 "2023-08-23T06:29:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mohsin\_Ashraf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mohsin_ashraf/32/104333_2.png) [@Mohsin\_Ashraf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohsin_Ashraf)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 6:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-specific-fields-from-an-indexe/341430/1 "2023-08-23T06:29:47Z")

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Hi,  
is there any way to delete specific fields from and index pattern?

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**Author:** ![Priscilla\_Parodi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/priscilla_parodi/32/43047_2.png) [@Priscilla\_Parodi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Priscilla_Parodi)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-specific-fields-from-an-indexe/341430/2 "2023-08-30T16:15:46Z")

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Hello @Mohsin_Ashraf,

Kibana index pattern fetches fields from the mapping of your indices. The only exceptions are [runtime fields](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-data-views.html#runtime-fields) and [scripted fields](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-data-views.html#scripted-fields), which you can delete from the index management console directly.

For every other field created from an Elasticsearch index, you will need to update your mapping and re-index the data. Then you can refresh the index pattern from the management console, this should remove the fields from the index pattern as well.

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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:** [September 27, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-specific-fields-from-an-indexe/341430/3 "2023-09-27T16:16:18Z")

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