# Logstash remove @timestamp

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-remove-timestamp/160104>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 10, 2018, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-remove-timestamp/160104 "2018-12-10T06:43:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![lovelk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lovelk/32/33358_2.png) [@lovelk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lovelk)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-remove-timestamp/160104/1 "2018-12-10T06:43:47Z")

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Hello all,  
a logstash question:  
now, logs contain "time", so l want remove "@timestamp", Is there a way？ and Is there a better way? thx

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regards,
lovelk
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**Author:** ![bmatoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@bmatoki](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bmatoki)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-remove-timestamp/160104/2 "2018-12-10T07:32:27Z")

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at your config try to  
mutate {  
remove\_field =\> ["timestamp"]  
}

maybe you need to add @ before.

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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:** [January 7, 2019, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-remove-timestamp/160104/3 "2019-01-07T07:32:29Z")

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