# How to remove the \_msgid?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-remove-the-msgid/77386
**Category:** General
**Created:** [9 April 2023 14:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-remove-the-msgid/77386 "2023-04-09T14:07:57Z")
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### Author:  [@Dreamer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Dreamer)
#### Post date: [9 April 2023 14:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-remove-the-msgid/77386/1 "2023-04-09T14:07:57Z")
Hi There, how can I remove the "\_msgid" from the Object array? I want to store the data "PIR01" in InfluxDB, but not the msgid.The msg Object looks like this:
`{"PIR01":0,"_msgid":"7fa2112a.cc128"}`
PLS help! 🙂
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [9 April 2023 14:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-remove-the-msgid/77386/2 "2023-04-09T14:15:08Z")
Store your data in a msg property and use that for the database. I.e. usually folk use `msg.payload` and therefore `msg._msgid` is of no consequence.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [9 April 2023 14:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-remove-the-msgid/77386/3 "2023-04-09T14:51:52Z")
Assuming that you want to use node-red-contrib-influxdb, then the data for the db must be in msg.payload, as described in the node's help text. Therefore msg.\_msgid is irrelevant. It does not matter whether it is there or not.
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### Author:  [@Dreamer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Dreamer)
#### Post date: [9 April 2023 19:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-remove-the-msgid/77386/4 "2023-04-09T19:38:24Z")
Oh nice, now it works! Thanks! 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [8 June 2023 19:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-remove-the-msgid/77386/5 "2023-06-08T19:38:27Z")
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