# Delete field from document

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-field-from-document/96197>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 8, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-field-from-document/96197 "2017-08-08T07:02:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![krishnaraj221193](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/85e7bf/32.png) [@krishnaraj221193](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krishnaraj221193)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-field-from-document/96197/1 "2017-08-08T07:02:35Z")

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Hello sir,  
I have added a field in some document so i need to remove a field in all documents is there any way to do it in 1.7 elastic search

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**Author:** ![s1monw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/s1monw/32/3637_2.png) [@s1monw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/s1monw)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-field-from-document/96197/2 "2017-08-11T09:26:14Z")

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you have to reindex the documents without that field. that is the only way to remove it.

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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:** [September 8, 2017, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-field-from-document/96197/3 "2017-09-08T09:26:19Z")

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