# Filebeat how to not generate dashboards automatically **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [August 19, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-how-to-not-generate-dashboards-automatically/365098 "2024-08-19T03:18:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tom\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tom_n/32/136135_2.png) [@Tom\_N](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tom_N)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-how-to-not-generate-dashboards-automatically/365098/1 "2024-08-19T03:18:21Z")
I wanted to ask is there a configuration where I can disable Filebeat from automatically generating dashboards in Kibana? Most of the dashboards Filebeat generates are useless to me and it is a hassle to remove. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/8/b87dd901806857a1fcb817a1c408df74b382ab5e.png) In the filebeat.yml file, loading in sample dashboards should be disabled by default. Should I uncomment the line `setup.dashboards.enabled: false` to ensure this setting is applied? Or is it possible to not setup filebeat with the command `filebeat setup`, thus not creating the dashboards. However, would Filebeat start properly then? Any help is appreciated, thank you! ---
**Author:** ![yago82](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yago82/32/97755_2.png) [@yago82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yago82)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-how-to-not-generate-dashboards-automatically/365098/2 "2024-08-20T11:31:03Z")
> [@Tom\_N](#): > > setup.dashboards.enabled: false Hi, This setting is indeed disabled by default, but uncommenting the line ensures that this setting is applied. Regards ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tom_n/32/136135_2.png) [@Tom\_N](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tom_N)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-how-to-not-generate-dashboards-automatically/365098/3 "2024-08-21T02:15:17Z")
Hi yago, I will give this a try and see if it works, thank you! Is there somewhere in the documentation where this is detailed though? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tom_n/32/136135_2.png) [@Tom\_N](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tom_N)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-how-to-not-generate-dashboards-automatically/365098/4 "2024-08-22T04:25:38Z")
Hi @yago82 , Tried it but filebeat still seems to load the dasboards even when `setup.dashboards.enabled: false` when I type the command `filebeat setup -e`. Do you think it is possible to just never setup filebeat, so the dashboards are never generated? ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-how-to-not-generate-dashboards-automatically/365098/5 "2024-08-22T05:53:22Z")
@Tom_N You can simply just run setup with just the proper flags > **[Filebeat command reference | Filebeat Reference \[8.15\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/command-line-options.html#setup-command)** The following will load Ingest pipelines and all the index management but not dashboards. `filebeat setup -e --pipelines --index-management` The setting `setup.dashboards.enabled: false` Is only used when index name is changed... see here > **[Change the index name | Filebeat Reference \[8.15\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/change-index-name.html)** ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tom_n/32/136135_2.png) [@Tom\_N](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tom_N)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-how-to-not-generate-dashboards-automatically/365098/6 "2024-08-22T06:01:20Z")
Hi @stephenb, will try the command on a different Kibana host to see if it works. The command doesn't seem to undo the dashboards already loaded. I am assuming what you have said is the same for Filebeat version 7.17, which is the one I am using. Thank you for your help! By the way, if it is not too much hassle, could I point you to my problem with creating data streams with Filebeat 7.17 [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-when-setting-up-data-stream-with-working-index/365254)? There might be some resource I might be missing that can help me understand setting up data streams. Once again, thank you very much for your help! ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-how-to-not-generate-dashboards-automatically/365098/7 "2024-08-22T18:55:27Z")
> [@Tom\_N](#): > > The command doesn't seem to undo the dashboards already loaded. No it will not do that.... Just Deleting them in the UI will take about 1 minute. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tom_n/32/136135_2.png) [@Tom\_N](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tom_N)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-how-to-not-generate-dashboards-automatically/365098/8 "2024-08-23T01:57:25Z")
Noted, thank you for your help.