# How can I search in all fields?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-search-in-all-fields/296249>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 4, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-search-in-all-fields/296249 "2022-02-04T04:44:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![sramana235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@sramana235](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sramana235)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-search-in-all-fields/296249/1 "2022-02-04T04:44:31Z")

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Hello, I've been asking a lot of questions lately.

Is it impossible to search in all fields from the Elasticsearch 7.0.0 version now?  
Can't I use \_all anymore?

If I can't use it, is there any other way?  
Or I wonder if I should search through 'field' in any case.

Thank you for watching my question again today.  
Have a good day. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Tomo\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@Tomo\_M](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tomo_M)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-search-in-all-fields/296249/2 "2022-02-09T10:39:55Z")

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I'm not sure about `_all`, but you may query on all fields with [multi-match query](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-multi-match-query.html) without `fields` parameter.

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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:** [February 9, 2022, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-search-in-all-fields/296249/3 "2022-02-09T10:53:11Z")

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Something like:

```auto
{
  "query": {
    "simple_query_string": {
      "query": "foo"
    }
  }
}

```

Would that work?

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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:** [March 9, 2022, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-search-in-all-fields/296249/4 "2022-03-09T10:53:26Z")

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