---
title: Telegraf Documentation
description: Telegraf plugin for sending metrics to Discard
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/output-plugins/discard/
estimated_tokens: 380
product: Telegraf
version: v1
---

-   Telegraf v1.2.0+

# Discard Output Plugin

This plugin discards all metrics written to it and is meant for testing purposes.

**Introduced in:** Telegraf v1.2.0 **Tags:** testing **OS support:** all

## Global configuration options

Plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings for tasks such as modifying metrics, tags, and fields, creating aliases, and configuring plugin ordering. See [CONFIGURATION.md](/telegraf/v1/configuration/#plugins) for more details.

## Configuration

```toml
# Send metrics to nowhere at all
[[outputs.discard]]
  # no configuration
```

#### Related

-   [Configure plugins](/telegraf/v1/configure_plugins/)
-   [Discard Plugin Source](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/v1.38.4/plugins/outputs/discard/README.md)