# How to remove indexes from Kibana UI

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-remove-indexes-from-kibana-ui/87621>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 30, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-remove-indexes-from-kibana-ui/87621 "2017-05-30T19:15:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sameer\_Panicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sameer\_Panicker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sameer_Panicker)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-remove-indexes-from-kibana-ui/87621/1 "2017-05-30T19:15:06Z")

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How can I remove unwanted Index Patterns from kibana UI ? I don't need the packetBeat and winLogBeats anymore.

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Fleming](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joe_fleming/32/3561_2.png) [@Joe\_Fleming](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joe_Fleming)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-remove-indexes-from-kibana-ui/87621/2 "2017-05-30T22:14:58Z")

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When you select the index patterns in the UI, you will be given a delete control on the right side of the screen. It will be a red button with a trash can icon, as seen below.

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**Author:** ![Sameer\_Panicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sameer\_Panicker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sameer_Panicker)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-remove-indexes-from-kibana-ui/87621/3 "2017-05-30T22:16:13Z")

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The problem is when I select these indexes, it doesnt gets selected. Hence, I am not able to delete it.

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**Author:** ![Sameer\_Panicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sameer\_Panicker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sameer_Panicker)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-remove-indexes-from-kibana-ui/87621/4 "2017-06-03T15:29:35Z")

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Any update on this ?

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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 1, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-remove-indexes-from-kibana-ui/87621/5 "2017-07-01T15:29:56Z")

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