diff --git a/transformer/auto.go b/transformer/auto.go
index b96b03be..6aa58fd7 100644
--- a/transformer/auto.go
+++ b/transformer/auto.go
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ func init() {
 		Alloc:   func() interface{} { return &Replace{} },
 		Help:    "Uses a regular expression to replace the content of a metadata key, storing it to either a different metadata key, or overwriting the original.",
 	})
+	Auto.Add(skogul.Module{
+		Name:    "replacedata",
+		Aliases: []string{},
+		Alloc:   func() interface{} { return &ReplaceData{} },
+		Help:    "Uses a regular expression to replace the content of a data key, storing it to either a different data key, or overwriting the original.",
+	})
 	Auto.Add(skogul.Module{
 		Name:    "switch",
 		Aliases: []string{},
@@ -122,4 +128,11 @@ func init() {
 		Help:     "Ban values from nested structure using a path e.g. Path looking like this foo.bar.1 has a structure looking like this { foo: { bar: { 1: hello } } }. The last element in the path will get removed from the tree in this case 1: hello, you will end up having a tree looking like this { foo: { bar: {} } }.",
 		AutoMake: false,
 	})
+	Auto.Add(skogul.Module{
+		Name:     "banfield",
+		Aliases:  []string{},
+		Alloc:    func() interface{} { return &BanField{} },
+		Help:     "Remove single fields in a metric based on a regular expression criteria",
+		AutoMake: false,
+	})
 }
diff --git a/transformer/ban_field.go b/transformer/ban_field.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..628f9b19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transformer/ban_field.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package transformer
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/telenornms/skogul"
+	"regexp"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+type BanField struct {
+	SourceData     string `doc:"Data field to ban"`
+	RegexpData     string `doc:"Regex to match value of source-data field"`
+	regexpData     *regexp.Regexp
+	SourceMetadata string `doc:"Metadata field to ban"`
+	RegexpMetadata string `doc:"Regex to match value of source-metadata field"`
+	regexpMetadata *regexp.Regexp
+	errData        error
+	errMetadata    error
+	init           sync.Once
+}
+
+func (b *BanField) Transform(c *skogul.Container) error {
+	b.init.Do(func() {
+		b.regexpData, b.errData = regexp.Compile(b.RegexpData)
+		b.regexpMetadata, b.errMetadata = regexp.Compile(b.RegexpMetadata)
+	})
+
+	if b.errData != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to compile regexp `%s': %w", b.RegexpData, b.errData)
+	}
+	if b.errMetadata != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to compile regexp `%s': %w", b.RegexpMetadata, b.errMetadata)
+	}
+
+	for _, metric := range c.Metrics {
+		if b.SourceData != "" {
+			if str, ok := metric.Data[b.SourceData]; ok {
+				if b.regexpData.Match([]byte(str.(string))) {
+					delete(metric.Data, b.SourceData)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if b.SourceMetadata != "" {
+			if str, ok := metric.Metadata[b.SourceMetadata]; ok {
+				if b.regexpMetadata.Match([]byte(str.(string))) {
+					delete(metric.Metadata, b.SourceMetadata)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (b *BanField) Verify() error {
+	if b.SourceData != "" && b.RegexpData == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("regexpdata field has to have a value when sourcedata is provided")
+	}
+	if b.SourceMetadata != "" && b.RegexpMetadata == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("regexpmetadata field has to have a value when sourcemetadata is provided")
+	}
+
+	var err error
+
+	_, err = regexp.Compile(b.RegexpData)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to compile regexp for regexpdata field %v %v", b.RegexpData, err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = regexp.Compile(b.RegexpMetadata)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to compile regexp for regexpmetadata field %v %v", b.RegexpMetadata, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/transformer/ban_field_test.go b/transformer/ban_field_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..815db4f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transformer/ban_field_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package transformer_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/telenornms/skogul"
+	"github.com/telenornms/skogul/transformer"
+)
+
+func TestBanField(t *testing.T) {
+	metric := skogul.Metric{}
+	metric.Metadata = make(map[string]interface{})
+	metric.Metadata["foofoo"] = "barBAR"
+	metric.Data = make(map[string]interface{})
+	metric.Data["foo"] = "BAR"
+	metric.Data["baz"] = "foobar"
+	c := skogul.Container{}
+	c.Metrics = []*skogul.Metric{&metric}
+
+	ban := transformer.BanField{
+		SourceData:     "foo",
+		RegexpData:     "BAR",
+		SourceMetadata: "foofoo",
+		RegexpMetadata: "barBAR",
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Container before transform:\n%v", c)
+	err := ban.Transform(&c)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("ban_field returned non-nil err: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Container after transform:\n%v", c)
+
+	if _, ok := c.Metrics[0].Metadata["foofoo"]; ok {
+		t.Fatal("ban_field transformer failed to ban key-value pair")
+	}
+	if _, ok := c.Metrics[0].Data["foo"]; ok {
+		t.Fatal("ban_field transformer failed to ban key-value pair")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/transformer/cast.go b/transformer/cast.go
index beeb4741..730bf861 100644
--- a/transformer/cast.go
+++ b/transformer/cast.go
@@ -35,20 +35,24 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Cast struct {
-	MetadataStrings    []string `doc:"List of metadatafields that should be strings"`
-	MetadataInts       []string `doc:"List of metadatafields that should be integers"`
-	MetadataFloats     []string `doc:"List of metadatafields that should be 64-bit floats"`
-	MetadataFlatFloats []string `doc:"List of metadatafields that are floats which should be expressed as plain, non-exponential numbers in text. E.g.: Large serial numbers will be written as plain numbers, not 1.1231215e+10. If the field is a non-float, it will be left as is."`
-	MetadataIpToDec    []string `doc:"List of metadatafields containing IP addresses that should be decimals"`
-	MetadataJson       []string `doc:"List of fields that will be json-decoded. E.g.: Original value is encoded as text string, but contains json."`
-	MetadataTopJson    string   `doc:"Metadata-field containing text-encoded JSON which will replace all other metadata after being decoded."`
-	DataStrings        []string `doc:"List of datafields that should be strings"`
-	DataInts           []string `doc:"List of datafields that should be integers"`
-	DataFloats         []string `doc:"List of datafields that should be 64-bit floats"`
-	DataFlatFloats     []string `doc:"List of metadatafields that are floats which should be expressed as plain, non-exponential numbers in text. E.g.: Large serial numbers will be written as plain numbers, not 1.1231215e+10. If the field is a non-float, it will be left as is."`
-	DataIpToDec        []string `doc:"List of datafields containing IP addresses that should be decimals"`
-	DataJson           []string `doc:"List of fields that will be json-decoded. E.g.: Original value is encoded as text string, but contains json."`
-	DataTopJson        string   `doc:"Data-field containing text-encoded JSON which will replace all other data after being decoded."`
+	MetadataStrings        []string `doc:"List of metadatafields that should be strings"`
+	MetadataInts           []string `doc:"List of metadatafields that should be integers"`
+	MetadataFloats         []string `doc:"List of metadatafields that should be 64-bit floats"`
+	MetadataFlatFloats     []string `doc:"List of metadatafields that are floats which should be expressed as plain, non-exponential numbers in text. E.g.: Large serial numbers will be written as plain numbers, not 1.1231215e+10. If the field is a non-float, it will be left as is."`
+	MetadataIpToDec        []string `doc:"List of metadatafields containing IP addresses that should be decimals"`
+	MetadataJson           []string `doc:"List of fields that will be json-decoded. E.g.: Original value is encoded as text string, but contains json."`
+	MetadataTopJson        string   `doc:"Metadata-field containing text-encoded JSON which will replace all other metadata after being decoded."`
+	DataStrings            []string `doc:"List of datafields that should be strings"`
+	DataInts               []string `doc:"List of datafields that should be integers"`
+	DataFloats             []string `doc:"List of datafields that should be 64-bit floats"`
+	DataFlatFloats         []string `doc:"List of metadatafields that are floats which should be expressed as plain, non-exponential numbers in text. E.g.: Large serial numbers will be written as plain numbers, not 1.1231215e+10. If the field is a non-float, it will be left as is."`
+	DataIpToDec            []string `doc:"List of datafields containing IP addresses that should be decimals"`
+	DataJson               []string `doc:"List of fields that will be json-decoded. E.g.: Original value is encoded as text string, but contains json."`
+	DataTopJson            string   `doc:"Data-field containing text-encoded JSON which will replace all other data after being decoded."`
+	DataBlobsToStrings     []string `doc:"List of datafields containning blob (byte-array) values that should be strings"`
+	DataStringsToBlobs     []string `doc:"List of datafields containing a string that should be blobs (byte-arrays)"`
+	MetadataBlobsToStrings []string `doc:"List of metadatafields containning blob (byte-array) values that should be strings"`
+	MetadataStringsToBlobs []string `doc:"List of metadatafields containing a string that should be blobs (byte-arrays)"`
 }
 
 // Transform enforces the Cast rules
@@ -95,6 +99,24 @@ func (cast *Cast) Transform(c *skogul.Container) error {
 
 				}
 			}
+			for _, value := range cast.DataBlobsToStrings {
+				if c.Metrics[mi].Data[value] != nil {
+					_, ok := c.Metrics[mi].Data[value].(string)
+					if ok {
+						continue
+					}
+					c.Metrics[mi].Data[value] = fmt.Sprintf("%s", c.Metrics[mi].Data[value])
+				}
+			}
+			for _, value := range cast.DataStringsToBlobs {
+				if c.Metrics[mi].Data[value] != nil {
+					cpy := fmt.Sprintf("%s", c.Metrics[mi].Data[value])
+					delete(c.Metrics[mi].Data, value)
+					c.Metrics[mi].Data[value] = make([]byte, len(cpy))
+					c.Metrics[mi].Data[value] = []byte(cpy)
+				}
+			}
+
 			for _, value := range cast.MetadataJson {
 				if c.Metrics[mi].Metadata[value] != nil {
 					tmp1, ok := c.Metrics[mi].Metadata[value].(string)
@@ -232,6 +254,24 @@ func (cast *Cast) Transform(c *skogul.Container) error {
 				c.Metrics[mi].Metadata[value] = cast.Inet6Aton(s)
 			}
 		}
+
+		for _, value := range cast.MetadataBlobsToStrings {
+			if c.Metrics[mi].Metadata[value] != nil {
+				_, ok := c.Metrics[mi].Metadata[value].(string)
+				if ok {
+					continue
+				}
+				c.Metrics[mi].Metadata[value] = fmt.Sprintf("%s", c.Metrics[mi].Metadata[value])
+			}
+		}
+		for _, value := range cast.MetadataStringsToBlobs {
+			if c.Metrics[mi].Metadata[value] != nil {
+				cpy := fmt.Sprintf("%s", c.Metrics[mi].Metadata[value])
+				delete(c.Metrics[mi].Metadata, value)
+				c.Metrics[mi].Metadata[value] = make([]byte, len(cpy))
+				c.Metrics[mi].Metadata[value] = []byte(cpy)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/transformer/edit.go b/transformer/edit.go
index 0ce9695a..72e16d94 100644
--- a/transformer/edit.go
+++ b/transformer/edit.go
@@ -107,3 +107,79 @@ func (replace *Replace) Verify() error {
 	skogul.Assert(regex != nil)
 	return nil
 }
+
+// ReplaceData is a copy of the Replace transformer but works on the Data field
+// Replace executes a regular expression replacement of metric data.
+type ReplaceData struct {
+	Source      string `doc:"Data key to read from."`
+	Destination string `doc:"Data key to write to. Defaults to overwriting the source-key if left blank. Destination key will always be overwritten, e.g., even if the source key is missing, the key located at the destination will be removed."`
+	Regex       string `doc:"Regular expression to match."`
+	Replacement string `doc:"Replacement text. Can also use $1, $2, etc to reference sub-matches. Defaults to empty string - remove matching items."`
+	regex       *regexp.Regexp
+	once        sync.Once
+	err         error
+}
+
+// Transform executes the regular expression replacement
+func (replace *ReplaceData) Transform(c *skogul.Container) error {
+	replace.once.Do(func() {
+		if replace.Destination == "" {
+			replace.Destination = replace.Source
+		}
+		replace.regex, replace.err = regexp.Compile(replace.Regex)
+	})
+	// Verify() should catch this, so there's no reasonable way this
+	// should happen. But in the off chance that a regex compiles on
+	// the first attempt but not the second.... (e.g.: some serious
+	// bugs). It will also catch our own bugs, if, for some reason, we
+	// manage to botch up Verify() under some corner case.
+	skogul.Assert(replace.err == nil)
+
+	for mi := range c.Metrics {
+		if c.Metrics[mi].Data == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if c.Metrics[mi].Data[replace.Source] == nil {
+			delete(c.Metrics[mi].Data, replace.Destination)
+			continue
+		}
+		// FIXME: This should be a type cast to allow working with
+		// both text strings (as per now) and []byte strings.
+		// Similar to what is done in the ban transformer.
+		str, ok := c.Metrics[mi].Data[replace.Source].(string)
+		if !ok {
+			// FIXME: What to do? It's tempting to copy the
+			// key, but that could mean multiple references to
+			// the same memory, which can create unexpected
+			// behavior if other transformers want to modify
+			// just one of the headers.
+			repLog.WithField("source", replace.Source).Printf("Unable to transform non-string field %s with content %v", replace.Source, c.Metrics[mi].Data[replace.Source])
+			// This is to confirm with the documentation and
+			// ensure that this isn't exploited by providing a
+			// bogus Source-field only to be able to provide a
+			// custom destination field.
+			delete(c.Metrics[mi].Data, replace.Destination)
+			continue
+		}
+		c.Metrics[mi].Data[replace.Destination] = string(replace.regex.ReplaceAll([]byte(str), []byte(replace.Replacement)))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Verify checks that the required variables are set and that the regular
+// expression compiles
+func (replace *ReplaceData) Verify() error {
+	if replace.Source == "" {
+		return skogul.MissingArgument("Source")
+	}
+	if replace.Regex == "" {
+		return skogul.MissingArgument("Regex")
+	}
+	regex, err := regexp.Compile(replace.Regex)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("replace transformer regex `%s' didn't compile: %w", replace.Regex, err)
+	}
+	skogul.Assert(regex != nil)
+	return nil
+}