# Filebeat (6.5.4) modules how to remove unused fields

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-5-4-modules-how-to-remove-unused-fields/171943
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [March 12, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-5-4-modules-how-to-remove-unused-fields/171943 "2019-03-12T12:11:03Z")
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### Author: ![Stancho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Stancho](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stancho)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-5-4-modules-how-to-remove-unused-fields/171943/1 "2019-03-12T12:11:03Z")

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Hi,

i am using some filebeat modules (nginx, logstash, elasticsearch, kibana, redis), but some of the produced fields are not important for me and I don't want to save them in elasticsearch. Is there a possibility to remove these fields like in logstash with "remove\_field"?

Thank you very much!

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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: [March 13, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-5-4-modules-how-to-remove-unused-fields/171943/2 "2019-03-13T13:45:00Z")

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Filebeat modules do not parse the fields in Filebeat, but Elasticsearch via Ingest Nodes. You can find the pipeline definitions in `module/*/*/ingest/*.json` (replace \* with module + fileset names). You can adapt or copy those up to your needs. When done run `filebeat setup --pipeline`, so to reinstall the Ingest Node pipelines.

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### Author: ![Stancho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Stancho](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stancho)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2019, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-5-4-modules-how-to-remove-unused-fields/171943/3 "2019-03-14T11:12:32Z")

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Hi @steffens, thank you very much for your response!

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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 11, 2019, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-5-4-modules-how-to-remove-unused-fields/171943/4 "2019-04-11T11:12:49Z")

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