# Is it possible to change document id?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-change-document-id/284842>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 22, 2021, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-change-document-id/284842 "2021-09-22T10:06:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![vovakor1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vovakor1/32/94909_2.png) [@vovakor1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vovakor1)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-change-document-id/284842/1 "2021-09-22T10:06:32Z")

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Could someone help, please?  
How can I change document **id** which is used in URL: \<index\_name\>/\_doc/\< **id** \>

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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:** [September 22, 2021, 12:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-change-document-id/284842/2 "2021-09-22T12:22:55Z")

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Welcome!

You need to reindex the document.

Something like:

```auto
GET <index_name>/_doc/<id>/_source

```

This gives a json document as a result.

```auto
{
  "foo": "bar"
}

```

Then run:

```auto
PUT <index_name>/_doc/<new-id>
{
  "foo": "bar"
}
DELETE <index_name>/_doc/<id>

```

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**Author:** ![vovakor1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vovakor1/32/94909_2.png) [@vovakor1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vovakor1)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-change-document-id/284842/3 "2021-09-22T16:23:50Z")

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Thank you!

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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:** [October 20, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-change-document-id/284842/4 "2021-10-20T16:23:56Z")

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