# Kibana excluding Meta fields in Index Pattern

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-excluding-meta-fields-in-index-pattern/300787>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 27, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-excluding-meta-fields-in-index-pattern/300787 "2022-03-27T19:21:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![sof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@sof](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sof)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-excluding-meta-fields-in-index-pattern/300787/1 "2022-03-27T19:21:30Z")

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Hello.  
I created an index pattern in Kibana.  
I wish to remove \_index, \_type and similar Meta fields which were auto created by Kibana using Field Filtering from the Management -\> Index Patterns -\> Field Filters wish works ok with other fields. Is there a way to achieve that?  
I am using elastic 7.13.

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**Author:** ![matw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/matw/32/13913_2.png) [@matw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/matw)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-excluding-meta-fields-in-index-pattern/300787/2 "2022-03-28T12:44:00Z")

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Hi and welcome to our community  
You can configure this fields using "Meta fields" in Advanced Setttings

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2022-03-28 um 14.42.56](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/2/f2b4f89772377b46bd2114c527a2d36f40d60a14.png)  
Hope this helps!  
Best,  
Matthias

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**Author:** ![sof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@sof](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sof)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-excluding-meta-fields-in-index-pattern/300787/3 "2022-03-28T17:22:41Z")

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Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

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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:** [April 25, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-excluding-meta-fields-in-index-pattern/300787/4 "2022-04-25T17:23:25Z")

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