# How to hide system indices for a particular user?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-hide-system-indices-for-a-particular-user/121175>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 23, 2018, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-hide-system-indices-for-a-particular-user/121175 "2018-02-23T06:23:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![meeravali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@meeravali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/meeravali)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-hide-system-indices-for-a-particular-user/121175/1 "2018-02-23T06:23:01Z")

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Hi,  
I want to show only non-system indices to the user. If this possible please let me know how .  
Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![LeeDr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leedr/32/9289_2.png) [@LeeDr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LeeDr)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-hide-system-indices-for-a-particular-user/121175/2 "2018-02-23T15:50:57Z")

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I think you would have to use the Security plugin in the X-Pack (would require a Gold license). Then you could create roles with access to any indices you want and assign those roles to users.  
You could try it out on the 30 day trial license that comes with X-Pack.

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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:** [March 23, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-hide-system-indices-for-a-particular-user/121175/3 "2018-03-23T16:04:19Z")

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