# The metric beat index size is incrasing rapidly.can we remove some of the fields present in the index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-metric-beat-index-size-is-incrasing-rapidly-can-we-remove-some-of-the-fields-present-in-the-index/342804>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring, metricbeat\
**Created:** [September 12, 2023, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-metric-beat-index-size-is-incrasing-rapidly-can-we-remove-some-of-the-fields-present-in-the-index/342804 "2023-09-12T10:31:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![miltonhultgren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/miltonhultgren/32/100401_2.png) [@miltonhultgren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/miltonhultgren)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-metric-beat-index-size-is-incrasing-rapidly-can-we-remove-some-of-the-fields-present-in-the-index/342804/2 "2023-09-12T12:10:42Z")

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This sounds like a duplicate of the question asked [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-get-only-the-types-of-fields-i-want-from-metricbeat/342770).

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