# Missing Filter question in 2.1

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-filter-question-in-2-1/49326>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 5, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-filter-question-in-2-1/49326 "2016-05-05T17:58:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![xamox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xamox/32/5447_2.png) [@xamox](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xamox)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-filter-question-in-2-1/49326/1 "2016-05-05T17:58:52Z")

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I'm trying to use missing query filter with 2.1 ([https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.1/query-dsl-missing-query.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.1/query-dsl-missing-query.html))

I get it returns documents that have missing or null value in fields, but what if it doesn't even have that field?

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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 5, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-filter-question-in-2-1/49326/2 "2017-07-05T22:53:40Z")

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