# Kibana - Cant apply NOT filter

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cant-apply-not-filter/340486>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 9, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cant-apply-not-filter/340486 "2023-08-09T18:03:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![zaeemmasood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zaeemmasood/32/102383_2.png) [@zaeemmasood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zaeemmasood)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cant-apply-not-filter/340486/1 "2023-08-09T18:03:10Z")

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Hello,

I am trying to use wild card to filter output in Kibana. Please see below:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/4/34f8acc45e15cb8b68c72a312c242f84b50ddaa4.png)

I need to filter out host names containing "north" in the name.

This does not work and output still shows hostnames with the word "north" in them.

Please guide me on how to correctly put the wildcard.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Priscilla\_Parodi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/priscilla_parodi/32/43047_2.png) [@Priscilla\_Parodi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Priscilla_Parodi)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cant-apply-not-filter/340486/2 "2023-08-30T18:49:41Z")

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Hello @zaeemmasood,

This should work:

 ![Screen Shot 2023-08-30 at 2.47.19 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/d/cdd108f392b58cd93900d09b087ef4e86e886095.png)

`not host.name : *north*`

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**Author:** ![Kumar\_Abhinav](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kumar_abhinav/32/122208_2.png) [@Kumar\_Abhinav](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kumar_Abhinav)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cant-apply-not-filter/340486/3 "2023-08-30T23:28:46Z")

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Please refer to this page. This will also help. [Kibana queries and filters | Packetbeat Reference [8.9] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/packetbeat/current/kibana-queries-filters.html)

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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:** [September 27, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cant-apply-not-filter/340486/4 "2023-09-27T23:29:38Z")

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