# Pin filter in a specific dashboard

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pin-filter-in-a-specific-dashboard/257199>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 1, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pin-filter-in-a-specific-dashboard/257199 "2020-12-01T11:39:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![yaelg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yaelg/32/80016_2.png) [@yaelg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yaelg)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pin-filter-in-a-specific-dashboard/257199/1 "2020-12-01T11:39:35Z")

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Hey everyone,  
I'm quite new to ELK so my question might be trivial.  
I am working with multiple dashboards. Is there a way to pin a filter only in one dashboards? whenever I pin a filter, it applies it to all dashboards.  
Also, I don't want to allow people using the dashboard to erase the applied filter. Is it possible?

Thanks for your help

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**Author:** ![dosant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dosant/32/64489_2.png) [@dosant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dosant)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 10:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pin-filter-in-a-specific-dashboard/257199/2 "2020-12-03T10:27:17Z")

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Hi @yaelg,

The idea of "pinned" filters is that there are transferred between different dashboards or Kibana apps when navigating Kibana.

If you want a filter on a single dashboard then you should create an unpinned filter. When you save a dashboard with unpinned filters those are also saved with a dashboard, so when you get back to it, you will have your filters restored.

Hope this answers your question.

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**Author:** ![yaelg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yaelg/32/80016_2.png) [@yaelg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yaelg)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pin-filter-in-a-specific-dashboard/257199/3 "2020-12-09T08:29:55Z")

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Thank you!

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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 6, 2021, 8:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pin-filter-in-a-specific-dashboard/257199/4 "2021-01-06T08:30:01Z")

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