# \[SOLVED\]How to remove agent.\* and ecs.version?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-how-to-remove-agent-and-ecs-version/183643>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [May 31, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-how-to-remove-agent-and-ecs-version/183643 "2019-05-31T02:29:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-how-to-remove-agent-and-ecs-version/183643/3 "2019-05-31T12:54:15Z")

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Thanks @martinr_ubi. I thought there would be an option in filebeat directly to drop all meta data 😕

I'll do it the way you suggested unless someone knows a better way 😉

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