# Remove symbol from logstash

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-symbol-from-logstash/312998
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [August 26, 2022, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-symbol-from-logstash/312998 "2022-08-26T08:45:19Z")
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### Author: ![travlest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@travlest](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/travlest)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2022, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-symbol-from-logstash/312998/1 "2022-08-26T08:45:19Z")

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hi,

i have a string like this - ['127.0.53.53'] and ['104.21.57.219', '172.67.192.115']  
i would like to remove the symbol **['** xx **']**

I have tried something like this, but it seems fail. can anybody help me?

mutate { gsub =\> ["someField", "['", ""] }

thanks.

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### Author: ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-symbol-from-logstash/312998/2 "2022-08-26T15:59:04Z")

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You could try

```
mutate { gsub => ["message", "[\[\]]", "" ] }

```

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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: [September 23, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-symbol-from-logstash/312998/3 "2022-09-23T15:59:18Z")

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