# Enable Index after disabling it

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enable-index-after-disabling-it/242803>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 27, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enable-index-after-disabling-it/242803 "2020-07-27T20:16:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![animageofmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@animageofmine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/animageofmine)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enable-index-after-disabling-it/242803/1 "2020-07-27T20:16:54Z")

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[Index](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.8/mapping-index.html) attribute enables / disables indexing on elasticsearch. I am wondering if I can do the following:

- Disable indexing (set index to false) on a field.
- At some point in future, enable indexing on that field.

This is not a global index configuration, I just want to do it on a selected set of fields. I quickly tried on 6.8 and it wouldn't let me update the mapping. Hence, I wanted to check if there are other options or considerations. I have a business use case where this feature would be super useful. I would like to avoid wide indices (too many fields). Thank you.

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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:** [July 27, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enable-index-after-disabling-it/242803/2 "2020-07-27T22:31:22Z")

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It's not possible sorry.

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**Author:** ![animageofmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@animageofmine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/animageofmine)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enable-index-after-disabling-it/242803/3 "2020-07-29T21:29:43Z")

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Bummer, but thank you for the confirmation.

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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:** [August 26, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enable-index-after-disabling-it/242803/4 "2020-08-26T21:29:49Z")

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