# Don't Send Spans, Only Send Metadata on APM

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dont-send-spans-only-send-metadata-on-apm/333548>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** java\
**Created:** [May 16, 2023, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dont-send-spans-only-send-metadata-on-apm/333548 "2023-05-16T09:28:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sha\_games](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sha_games/32/121072_2.png) [@sha\_games](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sha_games)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dont-send-spans-only-send-metadata-on-apm/333548/1 "2023-05-16T09:28:05Z")

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I need to decrease apm storage. To do it, I want to stop capturing of spans but I want to send metadata because metadata contains some important labels for me. Is it possible?

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Shirazi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jack_shirazi/32/91641_2.png) [@Jack\_Shirazi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jack_Shirazi)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dont-send-spans-only-send-metadata-on-apm/333548/2 "2023-05-22T12:53:34Z")

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Hi, yes, set [transaction\_sample\_rate](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/java/current/config-core.html#config-transaction-sample-rate) to 0

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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:** [June 12, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dont-send-spans-only-send-metadata-on-apm/333548/3 "2023-06-12T08:53:59Z")

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