# How to scrub data in Elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-scrub-data-in-elasticsearch/137888>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 29, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-scrub-data-in-elasticsearch/137888 "2018-06-29T02:59:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![\_kyllr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/_kyllr/32/27610_2.png) [@\_kyllr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/_kyllr)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-scrub-data-in-elasticsearch/137888/1 "2018-06-29T02:59:53Z")

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Is there any possible way to hide/encrypt users information?  
Data should not be deleted. It should be scrubbed and we should not be able to identify the actual user of these logs.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-scrub-data-in-elasticsearch/137888/2 "2018-06-29T03:15:54Z")

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You can do that with field level security in [https://www.elastic.co/products/x-pack/security](https://www.elastic.co/products/x-pack/security)

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-scrub-data-in-elasticsearch/137888/3 "2018-06-29T05:48:02Z")

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Have a look at these blog posts:

> **[Protecting GDPR Personal Data with Pseudonymization
	  	 | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/blog/gdpr-personal-data-pseudonymization-part-1)**
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> If you’ve had the chance to read our GDPR white paper or our previous GDPR primer blog post, you’ve, no doubt, seen the word

> **[Securing GDPR Personal Data with Access Controls
	  	 | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/blog/securing-gdpr-personal-data-with-access-controls)**
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> As described in our GDPR white paper, preventing unauthorized access to personal data is a key requirement of GDPR. In this post, we will provide an overview of Elasticsearch security features (powere...

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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 27, 2018, 5:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-scrub-data-in-elasticsearch/137888/4 "2018-07-27T05:48:04Z")

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