# Delete unsued dynamic mapping Fields

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-unsued-dynamic-mapping-fields/260000>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 1, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-unsued-dynamic-mapping-fields/260000 "2021-01-01T17:34:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![hzarrabi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f9ae1b/32.png) [@hzarrabi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hzarrabi)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-unsued-dynamic-mapping-fields/260000/1 "2021-01-01T17:34:24Z")

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Hi all,  
First of all I wish you a **Happy New Year**.

I have some unused fields which were created by dynamic mapping.  
Is there any way to remove them from Index-mapping ?

Best Regards

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-unsued-dynamic-mapping-fields/260000/2 "2021-01-01T21:04:49Z")

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Only with a 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:** [January 29, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-unsued-dynamic-mapping-fields/260000/3 "2021-01-29T21:04:55Z")

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