# Help with reducing mapping

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-with-reducing-mapping/262394>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 27, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-with-reducing-mapping/262394 "2021-01-27T16:15:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![DavidoffX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@DavidoffX](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidoffX)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-with-reducing-mapping/262394/9 "2021-01-31T19:33:46Z")

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Turned out this was me not understanding how elasticsearch actually works.

Link here for reference -\> [Dynamic mapping setting not honoured](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dynamic-mapping-setting-not-honoured/262551)

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