# How to search email column in elastic search?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-email-column-in-elastic-search/184597>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 6, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-email-column-in-elastic-search/184597 "2019-06-06T13:52:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![vignesh\_S1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vignesh_s1/32/47658_2.png) [@vignesh\_S1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vignesh_S1)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-email-column-in-elastic-search/184597/1 "2019-06-06T13:52:05Z")

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When I run the below query it will bring up the results which contains @gmail.com. My expectation would be empty results.  
I don't know why it's happening.  
GET \_search  
{  
"query": {  
"match": {  
"PrimaryEmail": "@gmail.com"  
}  
}  
}

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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:** [June 6, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-email-column-in-elastic-search/184597/2 "2019-06-06T14:10:26Z")

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It depends on the analyzer you used at index time and search time and the mapping.

If you are using a keyword type that won't happen.

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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 4, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-email-column-in-elastic-search/184597/3 "2019-07-04T14:10:37Z")

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