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Metrics User Guides

Drop Metrics

Remove unwanted metrics at ingestion time to reduce storage and costs

Dropping Metric Labels

Understand why dropping metric labels does not reduce cardinality, and learn the correct alternatives

Last updated: May 6, 2026

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