diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a085d41..d0a9cf8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ In the cloud mode the logs, metrics and/or traces are sent to Grafana Cloud.
 
 To enable cloud mode set `cloud.<logs|metrics|traces>.enabled` to true. The `endpoint`, `username` and `password` settings for your Grafana Cloud logs, metrics and traces instances have to be filled in as well.
 
-Both modes can be enabled at the same time.
+Both modes can be enabled at the same time. Cloud mode is preferred.
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ For more instructions including how to update the chart go to the [installation]
 - Specify PII regexes that are applied to logs before they are sent to Loki (cloud or local). The capture group in the regex is replaced with *****.
 - a Grafana instance is installed (when local mode is used) with the relevant datasources installed. The following dashboards are installed:
   - logs dashboards
-  - metrics dashboards
-  - traces dashboards
   - agent dashboards
 - Retention is set to 24 hours
 
diff --git a/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/dashboard.yaml b/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/dashboard.yaml
index 1a49653..aa63bf3 100644
--- a/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/dashboard.yaml
+++ b/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/dashboard.yaml
@@ -27,58 +27,6 @@ data:
           path: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/loki-2
         orgId: 1
         type: file
-{{- end }}
-{{- if .Values.dashboards.metrics.enabled }}
-      - disableDeletion: true
-        editable: false
-        folder: Mimir
-        name: mimir-1
-        options:
-          path: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/mimir-1
-        orgId: 1
-        type: file
-      - disableDeletion: true
-        editable: false
-        folder: Mimir
-        name: mimir-2
-        options:
-          path: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/mimir-2
-        orgId: 1
-        type: file
-      - disableDeletion: true
-        editable: false
-        folder: Mimir
-        name: mimir-3
-        options:
-          path: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/mimir-3
-        orgId: 1
-        type: file
-      - disableDeletion: true
-        editable: false
-        folder: Mimir
-        name: mimir-4
-        options:
-          path: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/mimir-4
-        orgId: 1
-        type: file
-      - disableDeletion: true
-        editable: false
-        folder: Mimir
-        name: mimir-5
-        options:
-          path: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/mimir-5
-        orgId: 1
-        type: file
-{{- end }}
-{{- if .Values.dashboards.traces.enabled }}
-      - disableDeletion: true
-        editable: false
-        folder: Tempo
-        name: tempo-1
-        options:
-          path: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/tempo-1
-        orgId: 1
-        type: file
 {{- end }}
       - disableDeletion: true
         editable: false
diff --git a/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/grafana.yaml b/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/grafana.yaml
index 8687066..e30c61c 100644
--- a/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/grafana.yaml
+++ b/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/grafana.yaml
@@ -75,22 +75,6 @@ spec:
             - mountPath: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/loki-2
               name: loki-dashboards-2
             {{- end }}
-            {{- if .Values.dashboards.metrics.enabled }}
-            - mountPath: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/mimir-1
-              name: mimir-dashboards-1
-            - mountPath: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/mimir-2
-              name: mimir-dashboards-2
-            - mountPath: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/mimir-3
-              name: mimir-dashboards-3
-            - mountPath: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/mimir-4
-              name: mimir-dashboards-4
-            - mountPath: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/mimir-5
-              name: mimir-dashboards-5
-            {{- end }}
-            {{- if .Values.dashboards.traces.enabled }}
-            - mountPath: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/tempo-1
-              name: tempo-dashboards-1
-            {{- end }}
             - mountPath: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/agent-1
               name: agent-dashboards-1
       volumes:
@@ -111,28 +95,6 @@ spec:
           configMap:
             name: loki-dashboards-2
         {{- end }}
-        {{- if .Values.dashboards.metrics.enabled }}
-        - name: mimir-dashboards-1
-          configMap:
-            name: mimir-dashboards-1
-        - name: mimir-dashboards-2
-          configMap:
-            name: mimir-dashboards-2
-        - name: mimir-dashboards-3
-          configMap:
-            name: mimir-dashboards-3
-        - name: mimir-dashboards-4
-          configMap:
-            name: mimir-dashboards-4
-        - name: mimir-dashboards-5
-          configMap:
-            name: mimir-dashboards-5
-        {{- end }}
-        {{- if .Values.dashboards.traces.enabled }}
-        - name: tempo-dashboards-1
-          configMap:
-            name: tempo-dashboards-1
-        {{- end }}
         - name: agent-dashboards-1
           configMap:
             name: agent-dashboards-1
diff --git a/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/mimir-dashboards-1.yaml b/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/mimir-dashboards-1.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 202a60e..0000000
--- a/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/mimir-dashboards-1.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{{- if and .Values.local.grafana.enabled .Values.dashboards.metrics.enabled }}
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: mimir-dashboards-1
-  namespace: {{ $.Release.Namespace }}
-data:
-  "mimir-alertmanager-resources.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-alertmanager-resources.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-alertmanager.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-alertmanager.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-compactor-resources.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-compactor-resources.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-compactor.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-compactor.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-config.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-config.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/mimir-dashboards-2.yaml b/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/mimir-dashboards-2.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a3dcdf..0000000
--- a/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/mimir-dashboards-2.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{{- if and .Values.local.grafana.enabled .Values.dashboards.metrics.enabled }}
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: mimir-dashboards-2
-  namespace: {{ $.Release.Namespace }}
-data:
-  "mimir-object-store.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-object-store.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-overrides.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-overrides.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-overview-networking.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-overview-networking.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-overview-resources.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-overview-resources.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-overview.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-overview.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/mimir-dashboards-3.yaml b/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/mimir-dashboards-3.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f2770b3..0000000
--- a/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/mimir-dashboards-3.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{{- if and .Values.local.grafana.enabled .Values.dashboards.metrics.enabled }}
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: mimir-dashboards-3
-  namespace: {{ $.Release.Namespace }}
-data:
-  "mimir-queries.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-queries.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-reads-networking.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-reads-networking.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-reads-resources.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-reads-resources.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-reads.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-reads.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-remote-ruler-reads-resources.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-remote-ruler-reads-resources.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-{{- end }}
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diff --git a/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/mimir-dashboards-4.yaml b/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/mimir-dashboards-4.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e7a160c..0000000
--- a/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/mimir-dashboards-4.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{{- if and .Values.local.grafana.enabled .Values.dashboards.metrics.enabled }}
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: mimir-dashboards-4
-  namespace: {{ $.Release.Namespace }}
-data:
-  "mimir-remote-ruler-reads.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-remote-ruler-reads.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-rollout-progress.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-rollout-progress.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-ruler.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-ruler.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-scaling.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-scaling.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-slow-queries.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-slow-queries.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-{{- end }}
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diff --git a/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/mimir-dashboards-5.yaml b/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/mimir-dashboards-5.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index bcaeb7c..0000000
--- a/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/mimir-dashboards-5.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{{- if and .Values.local.grafana.enabled .Values.dashboards.metrics.enabled }}
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: mimir-dashboards-5
-  namespace: {{ $.Release.Namespace }}
-data:
-  "mimir-tenants.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-tenants.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-top-tenants.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-top-tenants.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-writes-networking.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-writes-networking.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-writes-resources.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-writes-resources.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "mimir-writes.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/mimir-writes.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/tempo-dashboards-1.yaml b/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/tempo-dashboards-1.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 57a8814..0000000
--- a/charts/meta-monitoring/templates/grafana/tempo-dashboards-1.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{{- if and .Values.local.grafana.enabled .Values.dashboards.traces.enabled }}
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: tempo-dashboards-1
-  namespace: {{ $.Release.Namespace }}
-data:
-  "tempo-operational.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/tempo-operational.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "tempo-reads.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/tempo-reads.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "tempo-resources.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/tempo-resources.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "tempo-rollout-progress.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/tempo-rollout-progress.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "tempo-tenants.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/tempo-tenants.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-  "tempo-writes.json": |
-    {{ $.Files.Get "src/dashboards/tempo-writes.json" | fromJson | toJson }}
-{{- end }}
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