# How could I change an index name?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-could-i-change-an-index-name/12815
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 17, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-could-i-change-an-index-name/12815 "2013-07-17T03:01:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Raymond\_Wang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raymond_Wang)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-could-i-change-an-index-name/12815/1 "2013-07-17T03:01:07Z")
I wanna to change an index name, for example: change "index\_demo" to
"index\_demo\_2"
is there an option in head plugin or other tools?
thanks~~~
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### Author:  [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2013, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-could-i-change-an-index-name/12815/2 "2013-07-17T06:23:03Z")
Hey,
there is no notion of an 'index move' in elasticsearch. You might want to
check the indices alias API in order to prevent the need for this
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On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 5:01 AM, Raymond Wang [rmn190@gmail.com](mailto:rmn190@gmail.com) wrote:
> I wanna to change an index name, for example: change "index\_demo" to
> "index\_demo\_2"
>
> is there an option in head plugin or other tools?
>
> thanks~~~
>
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-could-i-change-an-index-name/12815/3 "2017-07-06T02:26:04Z")