# "Can't merge because of conflicts: \[Cannot update enabled setting for \[\_source\], Cannot update excludes setting for \[\_source\]\]"
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-merge-because-of-conflicts-cannot-update-enabled-setting-for-source-cannot-update-excludes-setting-for-source/179200
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 1, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-merge-because-of-conflicts-cannot-update-enabled-setting-for-source-cannot-update-excludes-setting-for-source/179200 "2019-05-01T12:45:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Maesuri\_Fauziah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maesuri_Fauziah)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-merge-because-of-conflicts-cannot-update-enabled-setting-for-source-cannot-update-excludes-setting-for-source/179200/1 "2019-05-01T12:45:39Z")
**i write this** :
PUT /my\_index/\_mapping/article
{
"article": {
"\_source": {
"excludes": ["date"]
}
}
}
**but the result:**
{
"error": {
"root\_cause": [
{
"type": "illegal\_argument\_exception",
"reason": "Can't merge because of conflicts: [Cannot update enabled setting for [\_source], Cannot update excludes setting for [\_source]]"
}
],
"type": "illegal\_argument\_exception",
"reason": "Can't merge because of conflicts: [Cannot update enabled setting for [\_source], Cannot update excludes setting for [\_source]]"
},
"status": 400
}
---
### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-merge-because-of-conflicts-cannot-update-enabled-setting-for-source-cannot-update-excludes-setting-for-source/179200/2 "2019-05-01T16:57:40Z")
You need to create a new index for that.
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### Author:  [@Maesuri\_Fauziah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maesuri_Fauziah)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-merge-because-of-conflicts-cannot-update-enabled-setting-for-source-cannot-update-excludes-setting-for-source/179200/3 "2019-05-01T22:39:16Z")
what is the same index name?
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-merge-because-of-conflicts-cannot-update-enabled-setting-for-source-cannot-update-excludes-setting-for-source/179200/4 "2019-05-02T00:18:47Z")
I did not get the question.
But may be this will answer: you need to delete the existing index (it will remove all data), create the index again with the right settings and reindex the original data.
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### Author:  [@Maesuri\_Fauziah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maesuri_Fauziah)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-merge-because-of-conflicts-cannot-update-enabled-setting-for-source-cannot-update-excludes-setting-for-source/179200/5 "2019-05-02T00:52:00Z")
oo ok thank's:tersenyum:
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-merge-because-of-conflicts-cannot-update-enabled-setting-for-source-cannot-update-excludes-setting-for-source/179200/6 "2019-05-30T00:52:01Z")
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