# Add/Remove fields to/from existing index **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 25, 2013, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-remove-fields-to-from-existing-index/12931 "2013-07-25T07:34:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mohit\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@mohit\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mohit_Kumar)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-remove-fields-to-from-existing-index/12931/1 "2013-07-25T07:34:44Z")
Hi Folks, how can we add/remove a field from existing index.? Regrads Mohit Kumar Yadav (MCA/BBA) Assocaite Software Developer Next Gen Invent Corporation, Noida Email Id : [mohit.kumar@ngiventures.com](mailto:mohit.kumar@ngiventures.com),mohit.kumar.ngi@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-remove-fields-to-from-existing-index/12931/2 "2013-07-25T07:57:30Z")
You have to reindex all documents without the field. But if you reindex using the same type, field will still appear in mapping (that's not really an issue IMHO). -- David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) @dadoonet | @elasticsearchfr | @scrutmydocs Le 25 juil. 2013 à 09:34, Mohit Kumar Yadav [mohit.kumar.ngi@gmail.com](mailto:mohit.kumar.ngi@gmail.com) a écrit : > Hi Folks, > how can we add/remove a field from existing index.? > > Regrads > Mohit Kumar Yadav > (MCA/BBA) > Assocaite Software Developer > Next Gen Invent Corporation, Noida > Email Id : [mohit.kumar@ngiventures.com](mailto:mohit.kumar@ngiventures.com),mohit.kumar.ngi@gmail.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![mohit\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@mohit\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mohit_Kumar)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 9:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-remove-fields-to-from-existing-index/12931/3 "2013-07-25T09:59:48Z")
Hi David Pilato, thank you very much for yours guidance.. I will go through yours guidance. here is another question related to update query. I was going through the elasticsearch website an found update tutorial for elasticsearch. [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/update/](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/update/) from there I picked a query to add a new field in document. curl -XPOST 'localhost:9200/test/type1/1/\_update' -d '{ "script" : "ctx.\_source.text = "some text"" }' but when i am running this query, I am getting following error. can you help me in understanding why this error is comming. {"error":"JsonParseException[Unexpected character ('s' (code 40)): was expecting comma to separate OBJECT entries\n at [Source: [B@58c3af97; line: 1, column: 42]]","status":500} once again thank you for helping. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-remove-fields-to-from-existing-index/12931/4 "2013-07-26T10:57:54Z")
I suppose that it's due because you did not escape " in "some text" Try with 'some text' or with "some text" -- David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) @dadoonet | @elasticsearchfr | @scrutmydocs Le 25 juil. 2013 à 11:59, "mohit.Kumar" [mohit.kumar.ngi@gmail.com](mailto:mohit.kumar.ngi@gmail.com) a écrit : > Hi David Pilato, > thank you very much for yours guidance.. I will go through yours guidance. > here is another question related to update query. > I was going through the elasticsearch website an found update tutorial for > elasticsearch. [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/update/](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/update/) > from there I picked a query to add a new field in document. > > curl -XPOST 'localhost:9200/test/type1/1/\_update' -d '{ > "script" : "ctx.\_source.text = "some text"" > }' > > but when i am running this query, I am getting following error. can you help > me in understanding why this error is comming. > > {"error":"JsonParseException[Unexpected character ('s' (code 40)): was > expecting > comma to separate OBJECT entries\n at [Source: [B@58c3af97; line: 1, column: 42]]","status":500} > > once again thank you for helping. > > -- > View this message in context: [http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Add-Remove-fields-to-from-existing-index-tp4038627p4038633.html](http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Add-Remove-fields-to-from-existing-index-tp4038627p4038633.html) > Sent from the Elasticsearch Users mailing list archive at [Nabble.com](http://Nabble.com). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-remove-fields-to-from-existing-index/12931/5 "2017-07-06T02:24:21Z")