# Remove all URLs and emails from text

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-all-urls-and-emails-from-text/124258>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 16, 2018, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-all-urls-and-emails-from-text/124258 "2018-03-16T10:06:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![pavuk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pavuk/32/28914_2.png) [@pavuk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pavuk)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-all-urls-and-emails-from-text/124258/1 "2018-03-16T10:06:17Z")

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Hi,

I would like to remove all URLs and email addresses from plain text field. I suppose that gsub should be used like

```
mutate {
    gsub => ["text", "http\S+", ""]
  }

```

Please correct me if I'm wrong. And what about removing email addresses?  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-all-urls-and-emails-from-text/124258/2 "2018-03-19T19:25:53Z")

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Yes, a gsub operation like that is the right approach. Finding regular expressions for email addresses and HTTP URLs shouldn't be more than a web search away.

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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 16, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-all-urls-and-emails-from-text/124258/3 "2018-04-16T19:25:57Z")

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