# Removing alias fields from index but making sure dashboards are not broken

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/removing-alias-fields-from-index-but-making-sure-dashboards-are-not-broken/384797>\
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**Created:** [January 29, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/removing-alias-fields-from-index-but-making-sure-dashboards-are-not-broken/384797 "2026-01-29T14:59:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![MH2026](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4da419/32.png) [@MH2026](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MH2026)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/removing-alias-fields-from-index-but-making-sure-dashboards-are-not-broken/384797/1 "2026-01-29T14:59:55Z")

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I have to remove alias fields from Index but those are being used in different dashboards, so how would I ensure that the dashboards don't break with my plan of removing alias fields

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/removing-alias-fields-from-index-but-making-sure-dashboards-are-not-broken/384797/2 "2026-01-30T03:45:12Z")

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Hi @MH2026 Welcome to the community.

> [@MH2026](#):
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> I have to remove alias fields from Index but those are being used in different dashboards, so how would I ensure that the dashboards don't break with my plan of removing alias fields

If your dashboards rely on the aliases and you remove the aliases, the dashboards will break.

In short you need to go in and fix the dashboards to not use the aliases before you remove the aliases...