# Kibana doubt about removing visualizations

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-doubt-about-removing-visualizations/263109>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** kql-kibana-query-language\
**Created:** [February 3, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-doubt-about-removing-visualizations/263109 "2021-02-03T10:47:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jose\_Angel\_Morena\_Si](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jose_angel_morena_si/32/76522_2.png) [@Jose\_Angel\_Morena\_Si](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jose_Angel_Morena_Si)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-doubt-about-removing-visualizations/263109/1 "2021-02-03T10:47:38Z")

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Hello there,

I am trying to remove all objects in Kibana that meet the following two conditions:

- They are visualizations.
- They do not contain "Apache".

I am using Kibana UI, Saved Objects. I am using the following query but it does not work:  
`type:(visualization) and NOT apache`

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/2/0253167914588f769d6847f7a39d1b822f8e245f.png)

I looked into this article but still it does not mention how to perform a little bit more complex queries: [Saved Objects | Kibana Guide [7.10] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-saved-objects.html)

Could anyone point me to the right direction, please?

Thanks in advance,

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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-doubt-about-removing-visualizations/263109/2 "2021-02-04T18:25:26Z")

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Hmm, this looks like a bug. The text is supposed to support Elasticsearch simple query string syntax, but it looks like it's not applying the filter correctly.

You _should_ be able to do something like `type:(visualization) -apache`, but it doesn't work.

I've opened a bug report here.

[1] [Saved object finder doesn't apply search field correctly · Issue #90315 · elastic/kibana · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/90315)

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**Author:** ![Jose\_Angel\_Morena\_Si](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jose_angel_morena_si/32/76522_2.png) [@Jose\_Angel\_Morena\_Si](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jose_Angel_Morena_Si)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-doubt-about-removing-visualizations/263109/3 "2021-02-05T11:45:50Z")

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Hello Lukas,

Thank you for your quick response. I will follow the updates in the GitHub issue.

Kind regards,

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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:** [March 5, 2021, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-doubt-about-removing-visualizations/263109/4 "2021-03-05T11:46:36Z")

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