# How to remove Metricbeat default fields

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-remove-metricbeat-default-fields/68026>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [December 5, 2016, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-remove-metricbeat-default-fields/68026 "2016-12-05T10:54:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-remove-metricbeat-default-fields/68026/4 "2016-12-12T18:07:27Z")

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Is the format as follows in MetricBeats.yml?  
processors:

- drop\_fields:  
fields: "rtt"

I have tried the above and also ["rtt"] and it still not removing the rtt field and data when viewing data in Kinesis Analytics

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