---
title: Disable certain types of data collection by AutoOps
description: When you connect your ECE, ECK, or self-managed Elasticsearch cluster to AutoOps, Elastic Agent collects data from your cluster and sends it to AutoOps...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/deploy-manage/monitor/autoops/autoops-disable-metrics-collection
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Enterprise
  - Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes: Generally available
  - Elastic Cloud Enterprise: Generally available
  - Self-managed Elastic deployments: Generally available
---

# Disable certain types of data collection by AutoOps
When you connect your ECE, ECK, or self-managed Elasticsearch cluster to AutoOps, Elastic Agent collects data from your cluster and sends it to AutoOps to diagnose issues and provide performance recommendations.
If you don't want the agent to access certain types of data, you can disable the collection of related metrics by editing your configuration file as described in the following section.
<warning>
  Disable data collection only when necessary, as it limits the insights that AutoOps can provide. For example, disabling the collection of cluster health metrics prevents you from receiving critical warnings and diagnostics about your cluster's health.
</warning>


## Edit your AutoOps configuration file

To disable the collection of certain types of data from your environment, delete the lines related to that data from your `autoops_es.yml` file on the host machine where Elastic Agent is installed.
Complete the following steps:
1. On your host machine, open the `autoops_es.yml` file.
2. In the `autoops_es.yml` file, locate the metricset or section related to the data that you want AutoOps to stop collecting.
3. Delete the related lines from the file.
   ```yaml
   receivers:
     metricbeatreceiver:
       metricbeat:
         modules:
           # Metrics
           - module: autoops_es
             hosts: ${env:AUTOOPS_ES_URL}
             period: 10s
             metricsets:
               - cat_shards
               - cluster_health
               - cluster_settings
               - license
               - node_stats
               - tasks_management 
           # Templates
           - module: autoops_es 
             hosts: ${env:AUTOOPS_ES_URL}
             period: 24h
             metricsets:
               - cat_template
               - component_template
               - index_template
   ```
4. Save your changes to the `autoops_es.yml` file.
5. Restart Elastic Agent for the new settings to take effect.