# X-Pack is not free (I thought it was)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-is-not-free-i-thought-it-was/116385>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 21, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-is-not-free-i-thought-it-was/116385 "2018-01-21T13:12:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![extarys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@extarys](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/extarys)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-is-not-free-i-thought-it-was/116385/1 "2018-01-21T13:12:06Z")

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I decided to give elastic a try. So...

On the products page at the top it says "The Open Source Elastic Stack", I thought it was amazing until I logged in into kibana and saw the 30 days trial period or X-Pack. Disappointed since nowhere it says it's a 30-day trial period.  
I thought I finally found my all in one open-source server monitoring tool ☹

- How can I opt-out (now that I opt-in thinking I was helping a completely open source project) the statistical reporting?

- How can I safely remove everything that is X-Pack (including configuration files and database entries)?

If I decide to use it:

- If I create a free account, what type of information is transfered from my servers to elastic?
- What are the frequencies of those transmissions?
- What does elastic use those informations for?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-is-not-free-i-thought-it-was/116385/2 "2018-01-21T14:19:17Z")

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> How can I safely remove everything that is X-Pack (including configuration files and database entries)?

> **[Uninstalling X-Pack | X-Pack for the Elastic Stack \[6.2\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/xpack-uninstalling.html)**

> How can I opt-out (now that I opt-in thinking I was helping a completely open source project) the statistical reporting?

> **[Monitoring settings in Kibana | Kibana Guide \[8.11\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/monitoring-settings-kb.html#monitoring-general-settings)**

HTH

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**Author:** ![extarys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@extarys](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/extarys)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-is-not-free-i-thought-it-was/116385/3 "2018-01-22T00:27:30Z")

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Thanks - Is this for anonymous data usage sent to elastic?  
Edit: never mind found it 😛

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-is-not-free-i-thought-it-was/116385/4 "2018-02-19T00:27:33Z")

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