# List of doc ids in an index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/list-of-doc-ids-in-an-index/292279>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 17, 2021, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/list-of-doc-ids-in-an-index/292279 "2021-12-17T08:58:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![sunny3794.ad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@sunny3794.ad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunny3794.ad)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/list-of-doc-ids-in-an-index/292279/1 "2021-12-17T08:58:28Z")

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Is there any way of retrieving a list of all the document ids that are present in an index? Just the ids and not the actual data inside the documents.

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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:** [December 17, 2021, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/list-of-doc-ids-in-an-index/292279/2 "2021-12-17T09:22:44Z")

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You can use `"_source": false` in your request. And use a the [search after feature](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/paginate-search-results.html#search-after) . And if needed [Response Filtering](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/common-options.html#common-options-response-filtering)

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**Author:** ![sunny3794.ad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@sunny3794.ad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunny3794.ad)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/list-of-doc-ids-in-an-index/292279/3 "2021-12-17T16:10:43Z")

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Thank you so much David!

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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:** [January 14, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/list-of-doc-ids-in-an-index/292279/4 "2022-01-14T16:11:16Z")

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