# Remove/restrict items in Kibana Visualize field picker

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-restrict-items-in-kibana-visualize-field-picker/203530
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [October 14, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-restrict-items-in-kibana-visualize-field-picker/203530 "2019-10-14T22:29:02Z")
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### Author: ![bruce289](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@bruce289](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bruce289)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-restrict-items-in-kibana-visualize-field-picker/203530/1 "2019-10-14T22:29:02Z")

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Hi,

In the Kibana Visualize field picker, I'm seeing hundreds of metricbeat fields that we have never used. We only use the system module and yet we see fields from every single metricbeat module. Is there any way to limit the fields that Kibana shows here? Where is Kibana getting this list from?

Thanks.

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### Author: ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-restrict-items-in-kibana-visualize-field-picker/203530/2 "2019-10-17T20:03:22Z")

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This list is coming from the index pattern in Management \> Index Patterns. I'm not sure but I would guess that there's a way for metricbeat to limit the fields that actually show up in the index pattern. Do you mind asking in the beats forums for this information?

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### Author: ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-restrict-items-in-kibana-visualize-field-picker/203530/3 "2019-10-17T20:04:03Z")

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If that doesn't work, you'd have to update your mapping for your metricbeat indices and remove the fields that you don't use, and then go to Management \> Index Patterns and refresh your index pattern fields.

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### Author: ![bruce289](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@bruce289](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bruce289)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-restrict-items-in-kibana-visualize-field-picker/203530/4 "2019-10-18T20:20:39Z")

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Thanks, Lukas. Yeah, after removing the fields I don't need from the merticbeat index template, the new indices no longer have those fields in their mapping, and therefore do not show up in the index pattern or the field picker 👍

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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: [November 15, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-restrict-items-in-kibana-visualize-field-picker/203530/5 "2019-11-15T20:20:40Z")

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