# Exiting: 1 error: setting 'filebeat.prospectors' has been removed **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [July 9, 2019, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-1-error-setting-filebeat-prospectors-has-been-removed/189486 "2019-07-09T08:34:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dea\_Agra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dea_agra/32/49676_2.png) [@Dea\_Agra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dea_Agra)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-1-error-setting-filebeat-prospectors-has-been-removed/189486/1 "2019-07-09T08:34:06Z")
I got an error when running the filebeat. ![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/a/8a56cfea646d2c1f396335be645e3b5a3ecfd43a.png) here my configuration ![Capture2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/c/0cde217306043e2bc8d65b3f1896c89795daaa8e.png) ---
**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:** [July 10, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-1-error-setting-filebeat-prospectors-has-been-removed/189486/2 "2019-07-10T13:00:15Z")
The setting has been renamed to `filebeat.inputs` a long time ago. The `input_type` setting should be named `type`. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-1-error-setting-filebeat-prospectors-has-been-removed/189486/3 "2019-08-07T13:00:15Z")
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