# Filter out character like "|" , "\\---------/" using KQL

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-out-character-like-using-kql/366309>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring\
**Created:** [September 10, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-out-character-like-using-kql/366309 "2024-09-10T10:32:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Shivani\_Kushwaha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shivani_kushwaha/32/137457_2.png) [@Shivani\_Kushwaha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shivani_Kushwaha)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-out-character-like-using-kql/366309/1 "2024-09-10T10:32:08Z")

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I am trying to filter out the characters/ symbols like "|" , "/---------------", in logs, i tried filter out method but it is not working. looking for suggesstions, Thanks! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Salgado-Elastic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alex_salgado-elastic/32/103081_2.png) [@Alex\_Salgado-Elastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex_Salgado-Elastic)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-out-character-like-using-kql/366309/2 "2024-09-10T11:45:41Z")

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Hi @Shivani_Kushwaha , welcome to our community.

Could you share the query that you are using ?