# Changing Data stored in Elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-data-stored-in-elasticsearch/224935>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 25, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-data-stored-in-elasticsearch/224935 "2020-03-25T03:54:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sagar\_Mandal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sagar_mandal/32/57073_2.png) [@Sagar\_Mandal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sagar_Mandal)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-data-stored-in-elasticsearch/224935/1 "2020-03-25T03:54:59Z")

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Hi Team,

Quick Question,

can we make changes in some indices which is stored in elasticsearch now.

basically it's now the old data in which I want to make some changes, like there's this column in my data call Acc no. and it has valuse like this 9876543210 and i want to change its data to 98765xxxxx.

just want to replace last 5 digit with X

thanks and Regards,  
Sagar Mandal

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**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:** [March 25, 2020, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-data-stored-in-elasticsearch/224935/2 "2020-03-25T05:47:32Z")

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Update by query would probably help.

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**Author:** ![Sagar\_Mandal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sagar_mandal/32/57073_2.png) [@Sagar\_Mandal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sagar_Mandal)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-data-stored-in-elasticsearch/224935/3 "2020-03-25T05:49:49Z")

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can i get a small example or any doc where i can read about it

thanks

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**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:** [March 25, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-data-stored-in-elasticsearch/224935/4 "2020-03-25T06:11:26Z")

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[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-update-by-query.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-update-by-query.html)

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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:** [April 22, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-data-stored-in-elasticsearch/224935/5 "2020-04-22T06:11:27Z")

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