# Limiting Results **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 14, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limiting-results/6383 "2012-01-14T16:33:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shaun\_Farrell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaun_farrell/32/2827_2.png) [@Shaun\_Farrell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shaun_Farrell)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limiting-results/6383/1 "2012-01-14T16:33:43Z")
Are there any good techniques to limit the number of results other than the setting a hard limit. When I search for something I get a lot of results and about the top 10 - 20 are relevant. Then after that the results aren't very relevant. I was wondering if there were any tips that could help me with returning results. Thanks, Shaun Farrell ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Sick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@Michael\_Sick](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael_Sick)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limiting-results/6383/2 "2012-01-14T21:21:11Z")
> **[Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale](https://www.elastic.co)** > > Power insights and outcomes with the Elasticsearch Platform and AI. See into your data and find answers that matter with enterprise solutions designed to help you build, observe, and protect. Try Elasticsearch free today. You might look at the scan facilities and only return the first N (10, 20, ...) and get more if the user requests. --Mike On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Shaun Farrell [farrelley@gmail.com](mailto:farrelley@gmail.com) wrote: > Are there any good techniques to limit the number of results other than > the setting a hard limit. > > When I search for something I get a lot of results and about the top 10 - > 20 are relevant. Then after that the results aren't very relevant. I was > wondering if there were any tips that could help me with returning results. > > Thanks, > Shaun Farrell ---
**Author:** ![Shane\_Witbeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shane_witbeck/32/2803_2.png) [@Shane\_Witbeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shane_Witbeck)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limiting-results/6383/3 "2012-01-26T21:30:39Z")
Min score might make sense: [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/search/min-score.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/search/min-score.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limiting-results/6383/4 "2017-07-06T03:41:18Z")