# How to exclude search results based on condition?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-exclude-search-results-based-on-condition/46374>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 5, 2016, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-exclude-search-results-based-on-condition/46374 "2016-04-05T10:44:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kartheek91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@kartheek91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kartheek91)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-exclude-search-results-based-on-condition/46374/1 "2016-04-05T10:44:02Z")

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Now my question I need to exclude search results based on the value containing on the particular field .If field doesn't have the value it should display all results.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-exclude-search-results-based-on-condition/46374/2 "2016-04-07T00:59:51Z")

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I don't know of a way to do this, but someone else might have something they can suggest.

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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 5, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-exclude-search-results-based-on-condition/46374/3 "2017-07-05T23:01:42Z")

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