# Fscrawler create duplicates

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-create-duplicates/236618>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 11, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-create-duplicates/236618 "2020-06-11T04:34:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ostr1969](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ostr1969/32/70103_2.png) [@Ostr1969](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ostr1969)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-create-duplicates/236618/1 "2020-06-11T04:34:04Z")

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After stopping fscrawler job and then starting again with the same job name. It reindexes all documents and create duplicates. How can I avoid it?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-create-duplicates/236618/2 "2020-06-11T04:41:18Z")

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Did you change the folder or the filenames ?

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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 9, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-create-duplicates/236618/3 "2020-07-09T04:41:21Z")

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Closed on July 9, 2020, 4:41am UTC

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