# How to delete a property in the index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-a-property-in-the-index/134714>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 6, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-a-property-in-the-index/134714 "2018-06-06T02:56:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![pqt120583](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pqt120583](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pqt120583)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-a-property-in-the-index/134714/1 "2018-06-06T02:56:48Z")

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Hi all,

I have indexed some fields incorrectly in the existing index and now i want to delete them.

How can I do it ?

Thanks,  
Thomas.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 4:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-a-property-in-the-index/134714/2 "2018-06-06T04:42:30Z")

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You need to reindex them and remove that field, you cannot just delete the field.

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**Author:** ![pqt120583](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pqt120583](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pqt120583)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-a-property-in-the-index/134714/3 "2018-06-06T15:46:17Z")

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thank warkolm, I'll implement this way.

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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:** [July 4, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-a-property-in-the-index/134714/4 "2018-07-04T15:46:32Z")

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