# How to exclude dense\_vector field from being stored

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-exclude-dense-vector-field-from-being-stored/320034
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** vector-search
**Created:** [November 29, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-exclude-dense-vector-field-from-being-stored/320034 "2022-11-29T11:26:16Z")
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### Author: ![ruslaniv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de053/32.png) [@ruslaniv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruslaniv)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-exclude-dense-vector-field-from-being-stored/320034/7 "2022-12-01T08:20:35Z")

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Yes I did run

`POST no_vector_in_source/_forcemerge?max_num_segments=1`

but it did not help

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