# \[SOLVED\]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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If this feature exists, it's a hidden undocumented feature so I think it's safe to assume it doesn't exists.  
Make sense, those fields are part of the basic functionality of the Beats. You'll break a bunch of stuff by dropping them. But I have to assume you have a custom setup already and are not using any of the features that use those fields.

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