# Delete a field from all documents

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-a-field-from-all-documents/118343>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 4, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-a-field-from-all-documents/118343 "2018-02-04T12:43:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mh\_men](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@mh\_men](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mh_men)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-a-field-from-all-documents/118343/1 "2018-02-04T12:43:02Z")

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Hello  
Is there any faster way for deleting a specific field from all documents of an index other than reindexing?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-a-field-from-all-documents/118343/2 "2018-02-04T12:57:37Z")

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No, you will need to reindex.

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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 4, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-a-field-from-all-documents/118343/3 "2018-03-04T13:05:03Z")

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