# Filebeat OOM (Out Of Memory) Error

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-oom-out-of-memory-error/383768
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [November 30, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-oom-out-of-memory-error/383768 "2025-11-30T10:10:32Z")
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### 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: [November 30, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-oom-out-of-memory-error/383768/8 "2025-11-30T17:27:07Z")

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> [@Thirupathi](#):
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> We can identify the file content. We need not to read the file contents such as PDF, DOC, and image files

Apologies... I am a bit confused are you saying that if it is possible to detect the attached content

A) You want to DROP the content (PDF, DOC, etc) and NOT ingest it into elasticsearch  
or  
B) You DO want to ingest the content (PDF, DOC, etc) and DO ingest it into elasticsearch

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