# Is it possible to delete specific corrupted field in an index pattern

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-delete-specific-corrupted-field-in-an-index-pattern/234641>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 28, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-delete-specific-corrupted-field-in-an-index-pattern/234641 "2020-05-28T03:08:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![aeroxy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aeroxy/32/69241_2.png) [@aeroxy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aeroxy)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-delete-specific-corrupted-field-in-an-index-pattern/234641/1 "2020-05-28T03:08:35Z")

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![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/a/7ac255fd9881c68ac8e906dbdaf61392cf86475c.png)

Overtime my index pattern got corrupted due to unknown reasons. Kibana only allows me to remove the entire index pattern and I also need to remove the indices associated with it to allow a new index pattern to be made it seems. Is it possible to remove specific corrupted field in an index pattern?

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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:** [May 28, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-delete-specific-corrupted-field-in-an-index-pattern/234641/2 "2020-05-28T03:22:27Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

What do you mean by a corrupted field?

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**Author:** ![aeroxy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aeroxy/32/69241_2.png) [@aeroxy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aeroxy)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 8:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-delete-specific-corrupted-field-in-an-index-pattern/234641/3 "2020-05-28T08:23:34Z")

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If you take a look at the screenshot in full you probably understand what I meant immediately.

To answer my own question: you will need to go inside .kibana\_1 indice and update the index pattern via \_update. There is no graphic interface for this, you will have to use HTTP / TCP commands.

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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:** [May 28, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-delete-specific-corrupted-field-in-an-index-pattern/234641/4 "2020-05-28T22:11:30Z")

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> [@aeroxy](#):
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> If you take a look at the screenshot in full you probably understand what I meant immediately.

There is nothing that shows as corruption in your image, which is why I asked the question.

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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:** [June 25, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-delete-specific-corrupted-field-in-an-index-pattern/234641/5 "2020-06-25T22:11:32Z")

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