# How to drop a message

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-drop-a-message/69548>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 20, 2016, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-drop-a-message/69548 "2016-12-20T10:01:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-drop-a-message/69548/2 "2016-12-20T10:10:39Z")

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The correct syntax is

```
if [message] =~ /^# Time:/ {

```

but otherwise it should work. Of course, none of the messages in your example begin with "# Time:".

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