# Binary data type

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/binary-data-type/219176
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 13, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/binary-data-type/219176 "2020-02-13T09:45:34Z")
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### Author: ![assafh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@assafh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/assafh)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/binary-data-type/219176/1 "2020-02-13T09:45:34Z")

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What is the usage of the Binary data type. It is not searchable or stored by default  
and I know storing binary data in elastic is a bad idea.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/binary-data-type/219176/2 "2020-03-12T09:45:36Z")

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