# Excluding search data while searching data in elastic search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/excluding-search-data-while-searching-data-in-elastic-search/27119>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 10, 2015, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/excluding-search-data-while-searching-data-in-elastic-search/27119 "2015-08-10T12:07:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Himanshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@Himanshi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Himanshi)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/excluding-search-data-while-searching-data-in-elastic-search/27119/1 "2015-08-10T12:07:34Z")

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We need to construct a json query string such that it should return the results which don't contain the search term anywhere in the document.

Can you please help us using Query DSL?

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**Author:** ![remram](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/remram/32/4077_2.png) [@remram](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/remram)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/excluding-search-data-while-searching-data-in-elastic-search/27119/2 "2015-08-10T12:32:30Z")

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Try to use the simple query string query: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-simple-query-string-query.html#\_simple\_query\_string\_syntax](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-simple-query-string-query.html#_simple_query_string_syntax)

you are able to negates a search token.

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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 5, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/excluding-search-data-while-searching-data-in-elastic-search/27119/3 "2017-07-05T23:56:35Z")

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