# How to exclude one specific index from Kibana index patterns in ELK 7.17 version **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring, ilm-index-lifecycle-management\ **Created:** [March 20, 2024, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-exclude-one-specific-index-from-kibana-index-patterns-in-elk-7-17-version/355803 "2024-03-20T10:39:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pavan\_Kumar\_Nallam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pavan_kumar_nallam/32/132819_2.png) [@Pavan\_Kumar\_Nallam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pavan_Kumar_Nallam)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-exclude-one-specific-index-from-kibana-index-patterns-in-elk-7-17-version/355803/1 "2024-03-20T10:39:50Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/c/fcee427e81ef0698415d64be95d652ffa0f16430.png) I need to exclude the highlighted index from the index pattern, can any one please help on this ---
**Author:** ![shreyaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@shreyaa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shreyaa)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-exclude-one-specific-index-from-kibana-index-patterns-in-elk-7-17-version/355803/2 "2024-03-20T15:36:00Z")
We can exclude a specific index by appending '-' to the index name. Try giving index pattern as below: **retail-display-prod-electron-\*,-retail-display-prod-electron-2024.03.19** ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-exclude-one-specific-index-from-kibana-index-patterns-in-elk-7-17-version/355803/3 "2024-04-17T15:36:26Z")
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