# How to use case\_insensitive option in DSL Terms Query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-case-insensitive-option-in-dsl-terms-query/267371>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 16, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-case-insensitive-option-in-dsl-terms-query/267371 "2021-03-16T13:05:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-case-insensitive-option-in-dsl-terms-query/267371/2 "2021-03-16T13:17:50Z")

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The terms query does not currently support the case insensitive query option.  
To have case insensitive `terms` matching you would need to index with a [normalizer](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/normalizer.html).

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