# Filebeat addad an entry multiple times **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [February 1, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-addad-an-entry-multiple-times/118035 "2018-02-01T14:04:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mojster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mojster/32/21209_2.png) [@Mojster](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mojster)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-addad-an-entry-multiple-times/118035/1 "2018-02-01T14:04:53Z")
I'm running ES stack 6.1.2. Filebeat is adding some lines multiple time from our log. The lines are added with the same @timestamp. How can I prevent this. This never appeared on 5.x versions. ---
**Author:** ![Mojster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mojster/32/21209_2.png) [@Mojster](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mojster)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-addad-an-entry-multiple-times/118035/2 "2018-02-02T10:19:33Z")
It was my mistake so I edited this post. This method is working. And I could solve my problem with it. > **[Little Logstash Lessons: Handling Duplicates](https://www.elastic.co/blog/logstash-lessons-handling-duplicates)** > > Approaches for de-duplicating data in Elasticsearch using Logstash. We also go into examples of how you can use IDs in Elasticsearch Output. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-addad-an-entry-multiple-times/118035/3 "2018-03-02T10:19:42Z")
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