# How change/remove timestamp field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-change-remove-timestamp-field/153807>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 24, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-change-remove-timestamp-field/153807 "2018-10-24T13:13:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![wheelq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wheelq/32/35893_2.png) [@wheelq](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wheelq)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-change-remove-timestamp-field/153807/1 "2018-10-24T13:13:22Z")

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Any idea how can I:

a) remove  
b) change

field that has been defined as a timestamp?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-change-remove-timestamp-field/153807/2 "2018-10-24T15:33:23Z")

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You need to recreate the index pattern to change the field that you've set as the time field for that index pattern.

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**Author:** ![wheelq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wheelq/32/35893_2.png) [@wheelq](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wheelq)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-change-remove-timestamp-field/153807/3 "2018-10-25T12:52:00Z")

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ok and by recreate you mean create a new one, or download backup, change manually and upload?  
I'd like to keep all index id's the same

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2018, 12:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-change-remove-timestamp-field/153807/4 "2018-10-29T12:05:45Z")

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Delete and create a new one. You can save your index id somewhere (Notepad) and then use the Advanced settings when creating the index pattern again and set the ID to the old one.

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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:** [November 26, 2018, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-change-remove-timestamp-field/153807/5 "2018-11-26T12:10:43Z")

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