# Persistent queue, drop?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/persistent-queue-drop/256785>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 26, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/persistent-queue-drop/256785 "2020-11-26T14:42:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![diecode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@diecode](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/diecode)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/persistent-queue-drop/256785/1 "2020-11-26T14:42:59Z")

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Hey,

I am using persistent queue in my logstash with aggregate filter. I would like drop few incoming syslog message in filter, but when I use drop, then it will not removed from queue, thus my queue reach the maximum limit.

How can I remove the dropped messages from queue?

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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:** [December 24, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/persistent-queue-drop/256785/2 "2020-12-24T14:43:01Z")

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