# Kibana 4 - can I edit filters?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-can-i-edit-filters/2531>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 11, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-can-i-edit-filters/2531 "2015-06-11T22:24:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sam\_Barham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sam\_Barham](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam_Barham)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-can-i-edit-filters/2531/1 "2015-06-11T22:24:43Z")

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In kibana 3, I often filter for some value, then edit the filter to show exactly what I want. For example, I see there are lots of logs of the form "Saved branch : 1234", where the number is different each time. That happens to be uninteresting for the thing I'm looking for, so I filter it out (with the 'minus magnifying glass' button, then edit the filter to just be "Saved branch:". This then filters out all those messages.

In kibana 4, I can filter out a given field, but I can't see a way to then edit the filter to make it more general. Is this possible, or a planned feature?

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**Author:** ![tbragin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tbragin/32/45166_2.png) [@tbragin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tbragin)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-can-i-edit-filters/2531/2 "2015-06-17T04:40:16Z")

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Correct, editable filters are not yet possible in Kibana 4. We're tracking this in Github, for the latest status and comments please refer to this issue: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/1583](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/1583)

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**Author:** ![davecampbell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davecampbell/32/15843_2.png) [@davecampbell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/davecampbell)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-can-i-edit-filters/2531/3 "2017-02-24T18:35:28Z")

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i guess i'm just verifying that editing filters is still not possible in Feb 2017?

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Barham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sam\_Barham](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam_Barham)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-can-i-edit-filters/2531/4 "2017-02-27T03:29:55Z")

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The Kibana that goes along with ElasticSearch 5 now allows editing filters just fine 🙂

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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 6, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-can-i-edit-filters/2531/5 "2017-07-06T13:32:59Z")

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