# Sample data **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [February 26, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sample-data/298340 "2022-02-26T20:31:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cyberzlo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cyberzlo/32/65490_2.png) [@cyberzlo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cyberzlo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sample-data/298340/1 "2022-02-26T20:31:39Z")
I have a lot sample/example/automatic data after install ELK, sometimes it is loaded again. Can I delete it somehow? or I need do it always manually :(? ---
**Author:** ![majagrubic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/majagrubic/32/74459_2.png) [@majagrubic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/majagrubic)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sample-data/298340/2 "2022-02-28T07:30:40Z")
You haven't specified which version of Kibana you're using, and the layout of the homepage has changed through the most recent versions, but somewhere under `Sample Data` you will have the option to remove the sample data. ---
**Author:** ![cyberzlo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cyberzlo/32/65490_2.png) [@cyberzlo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cyberzlo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sample-data/298340/3 "2022-02-28T12:14:17Z")
Hi, I have v8.0.0 but I dont see any option "Sample Data" in "Advanced Settings", where it should be? Can you provide URL to this menu? I have redirect for default page to dashboard. ---
**Author:** ![majagrubic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/majagrubic/32/74459_2.png) [@majagrubic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/majagrubic)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sample-data/298340/4 "2022-02-28T12:45:08Z")
It's the homepage app. You can access it by clicking the Elastic logo in the left corner or via `/app/home#/`. URL `app/home#/tutorial_directory/sampleData` should take you directly to sample data overview and you can uninstall it from there. ---
**Author:** ![cyberzlo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cyberzlo/32/65490_2.png) [@cyberzlo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cyberzlo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sample-data/298340/5 "2022-03-05T20:17:29Z")
Thanks but looks like I have there only: ![welcome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/a/daefd57c159fc6e34bff0d83b1ea72dc28fb6296.png) ![welcome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/b/3b5a782c6bf755a52b869a2cee34091d79493e4f.png) I may have misspoken, but it's all about the data: ![kibana](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/f/0f4d5c28b50f247c08972d16b74fbf4fd02a05cd.png) ![kibana](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/7/d77e4a8da3309e72874c528ba530fdd2fa0acf62.png) ![kibana](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/3/a38c12436a182f747b1fe41d14dc58cc248dc85b.png) Can I delete all this "artefacts"? I use ELK with own data, I don't have "logs" indexes etc. ---
**Author:** ![majagrubic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/majagrubic/32/74459_2.png) [@majagrubic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/majagrubic)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sample-data/298340/6 "2022-03-06T16:07:39Z")
Ah, I was talking about Kibana's sample data. Please note that what you're referring to is not "sample" data, but data created from your Logstash usage. I am not super familiar with that one. I think asking in Logstash forum will give you probably the best answer. As for the `.alerts` indices, these are the indices created by Kibana Alerting, and they are needed for the alerting solution to work properly. You can delete them, but they will be recreated. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sample-data/298340/7 "2022-04-03T16:07:55Z")
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