# Elasticseach TTL for an element of an array

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticseach-ttl-for-an-element-of-an-array/2498>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 11, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticseach-ttl-for-an-element-of-an-array/2498 "2015-06-11T17:19:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![heemanshusuri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d78d45/32.png) [@heemanshusuri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/heemanshusuri)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticseach-ttl-for-an-element-of-an-array/2498/1 "2015-06-11T17:19:56Z")

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I have a document of type:  
key : {array of elements}

Is there a way I can set TTL for each individual element instead of complete document?

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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:** [June 12, 2015, 5:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticseach-ttl-for-an-element-of-an-array/2498/2 "2015-06-12T05:48:16Z")

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Nope.

TTLs are document level. They are also resource heavy.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticseach-ttl-for-an-element-of-an-array/2498/3 "2017-07-06T00:07:58Z")

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