# Is it possible to hide some fields in filters for particular user?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-hide-some-fields-in-filters-for-particular-user/285572>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [September 30, 2021, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-hide-some-fields-in-filters-for-particular-user/285572 "2021-09-30T09:44:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![WhatsIsKibana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a183cd/32.png) [@WhatsIsKibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/WhatsIsKibana)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-hide-some-fields-in-filters-for-particular-user/285572/1 "2021-09-30T09:44:17Z")

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Hello,

I want to hide some fields in filter bar of dashboard or visualization. For example, if user is "admin" I want to show all available fields, but for non-admin user I'd like to hide some of fields.  
Is it possible in kibana 6.8?

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:** [September 30, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-hide-some-fields-in-filters-for-particular-user/285572/2 "2021-09-30T22:47:51Z")

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This is managed via [Field level security | Elasticsearch Guide [7.15] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/field-level-security.html) in Elasticsearch. And you can setup a role to have access to specific fields in Kibana.

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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:** [October 28, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-hide-some-fields-in-filters-for-particular-user/285572/3 "2021-10-28T22:48:43Z")

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