# How to remove the root element while xml parsing using Logstash?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-remove-the-root-element-while-xml-parsing-using-logstash/209412>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 26, 2019, 4:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-remove-the-root-element-while-xml-parsing-using-logstash/209412 "2019-11-26T04:47:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-remove-the-root-element-while-xml-parsing-using-logstash/209412/2 "2019-11-26T13:43:26Z")

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Take a look at [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-dynamically-move-nested-key-value-to-root-level/180006/2).

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