# Reroute single documents **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 7, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reroute-single-documents/114412 "2018-01-07T12:57:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yehosef](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yehosef/32/42175_2.png) [@yehosef](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yehosef)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reroute-single-documents/114412/1 "2018-01-07T12:57:37Z")
Is there a simple way to reindex a document just by changing it's routing? In my case I'm changing certain docs to be children docs and I want to move then to the appropriate shard for the parent. My plan now is to delete the document and reindex it with the appropriate routing, but I was curious if there was a simpler/internal way. ---
**Author:** ![jasontedor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasontedor/32/66992_2.png) [@jasontedor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasontedor)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reroute-single-documents/114412/2 "2018-01-07T14:23:11Z")
No, you have to delete and index the document again with the new routing. ---
**Author:** ![yehosef](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yehosef/32/42175_2.png) [@yehosef](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yehosef)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reroute-single-documents/114412/3 "2018-01-07T14:24:53Z")
Ok - thanks. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reroute-single-documents/114412/4 "2018-02-04T14:24:55Z")
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