# How do I not send metadata from filebeat to Graylog?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-not-send-metadata-from-filebeat-to-graylog/286253>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [October 8, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-not-send-metadata-from-filebeat-to-graylog/286253 "2021-10-08T14:36:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![s79](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@s79](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/s79)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-not-send-metadata-from-filebeat-to-graylog/286253/1 "2021-10-08T14:36:27Z")

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I am using filebeats directly to send json data to graylog. The fields @metadata\_\_id, @metadata\_beat, @metadata\_type, @metadata\_version are constants, and @timestamp is not needed since the time is in the message. All these fields are simply not needed and only take up storage space and load the network. How not to send them.

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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 5, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-not-send-metadata-from-filebeat-to-graylog/286253/2 "2021-11-05T16:36:43Z")

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