# Elasticsearch Supports UTF-8 only?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-supports-utf-8-only/110454>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 6, 2017, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-supports-utf-8-only/110454 "2017-12-06T05:01:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Narmatha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Narmatha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Narmatha)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-supports-utf-8-only/110454/1 "2017-12-06T05:01:23Z")

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Does elasticsearch supports UTF-8 only?

Is there a way we could change it to UTF-16 through any special configurations from the code.

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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 3, 2018, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-supports-utf-8-only/110454/2 "2018-01-03T05:01:52Z")

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Closed on January 3, 2018, 5:01am UTC

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