# Modify elastic search index name using java api
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modify-elastic-search-index-name-using-java-api/20588
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 5, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modify-elastic-search-index-name-using-java-api/20588 "2014-11-05T23:18:12Z")
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### Author:  [@Subbarao\_Kondragunta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Subbarao_Kondragunta)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modify-elastic-search-index-name-using-java-api/20588/1 "2014-11-05T23:18:12Z")
Can we modify name of the index using java api? If so please post the lines
of code to test.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modify-elastic-search-index-name-using-java-api/20588/2 "2014-11-05T23:22:04Z")
You cannot rename an index at all.
You can add an alias though.
On 6 November 2014 10:18, Subbarao Kondragunta [subbu2personal@gmail.com](mailto:subbu2personal@gmail.com)
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> Can we modify name of the index using java api? If so please post the
> lines of code to test.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modify-elastic-search-index-name-using-java-api/20588/3 "2017-07-06T00:51:58Z")