# Multiple type in one index in ES 6.1
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-type-in-one-index-in-es-6-1/116803
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 24, 2018, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-type-in-one-index-in-es-6-1/116803 "2018-01-24T05:53:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Vishal\_Chaurasia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vishal_Chaurasia)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2018, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-type-in-one-index-in-es-6-1/116803/1 "2018-01-24T05:53:56Z")
can we define multiple types in one index in elasticsearch version 6.1.
When I am trying to define mappings of more than 1 types it results in following error-
Rejecting mapping update to [contents-en] as the final mapping would have more than 1 type: [topic, page]
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-type-in-one-index-in-es-6-1/116803/2 "2018-01-24T06:05:26Z")
No. Not for new indices.
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### Author:  [@val](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/val)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-type-in-one-index-in-es-6-1/116803/3 "2018-01-24T06:05:32Z")
No you cannot have [several types within a single index](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.1/removal-of-types.html) as of ES 6.0.0, so the error message you're receiving is normal.
Consult the above link for ideas on how to solve this, most probably you need to have two indices.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-type-in-one-index-in-es-6-1/116803/4 "2018-02-21T06:05:45Z")
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