# How to change index pattern id?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-index-pattern-id/284263>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 15, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-index-pattern-id/284263 "2021-09-15T09:48:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![padamrai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@padamrai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/padamrai)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-index-pattern-id/284263/1 "2021-09-15T09:48:06Z")

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I want to change id 6ac6d870-85ea-11eb-81eb-fb2732b01c07 and I want to set another Id. It is possible to change this ID.

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**Author:** ![aaron-nimocks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron-nimocks/32/73965_2.png) [@aaron-nimocks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaron-nimocks)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-index-pattern-id/284263/2 "2021-09-15T10:08:26Z")

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You can export the index pattern in saved objects. Find the ID in the file, replace with the new one and then import the saved object.

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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:** [October 13, 2021, 10:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-index-pattern-id/284263/3 "2021-10-13T10:09:18Z")

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