# Disable field "count" in filebeat output

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-field-count-in-filebeat-output/39568>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [January 19, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-field-count-in-filebeat-output/39568 "2016-01-19T16:48:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kurromat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d9b06d/32.png) [@kurromat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kurromat)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-field-count-in-filebeat-output/39568/1 "2016-01-19T16:48:32Z")

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Hi,

after switching from logstash-forwarder to filebeat, I noticed a new field named count in the output.

Is it possible to disable or rename this field via configuration?  
(And out of interest, which meaning does this field have?)

My problem is, that I already have a field named count, which is now no longer created by logstash.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-field-count-in-filebeat-output/39568/2 "2016-01-19T17:14:30Z")

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I just stumbled over the creation of the count-field in code. Please add an issue on [github.com/elastic/beats](http://github.com/elastic/beats)

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**Author:** ![kurromat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d9b06d/32.png) [@kurromat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kurromat)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-field-count-in-filebeat-output/39568/3 "2016-01-20T08:55:28Z")

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Thanks for the help, I just created the issue:

> <https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/778>

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-field-count-in-filebeat-output/39568/4 "2017-07-05T21:56:33Z")

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