# More than 1 document\_Type in an index

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-than-1-document-type-in-an-index/132004
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 15, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-than-1-document-type-in-an-index/132004 "2018-05-15T21:44:19Z")
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### Author: ![akml\_kk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/akml_kk/32/31069_2.png) [@akml\_kk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/akml_kk)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-than-1-document-type-in-an-index/132004/1 "2018-05-15T21:44:20Z")

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Can we have more than 1 document\_Type in an index ?

```
"Rejecting mapping update to [green] as the final mapping would have more than 1 type: [traj2013, trajj2014]"
```

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### Author: ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-than-1-document-type-in-an-index/132004/2 "2018-05-16T04:25:43Z")

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From version 6.0 onwards, you can not. See [this blog post for further details](https://www.elastic.co/blog/removal-of-mapping-types-elasticsearch).

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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: [June 13, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/more-than-1-document-type-in-an-index/132004/3 "2018-06-13T04:25:46Z")

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