# Kibana internal indices storage configuration

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-internal-indices-storage-configuration/53792>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 23, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-internal-indices-storage-configuration/53792 "2016-06-23T15:19:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bgiordano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@bgiordano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bgiordano)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-internal-indices-storage-configuration/53792/1 "2016-06-23T15:19:22Z")

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Is there a way to have the indices created by Kibana (including .kibana) stored somewhere different from the data indices I create? Example - don't want to see these indices displayed in the Graph plugin dropdown.

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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 5, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-internal-indices-storage-configuration/53792/2 "2017-07-05T22:41:02Z")

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