# Scroll id questions
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scroll-id-questions/82967
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 20, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scroll-id-questions/82967 "2017-04-20T02:18:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@ginger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ginger)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scroll-id-questions/82967/1 "2017-04-20T02:18:04Z")
Hi.
I'm using scroll to export data from es 5.0.0, and I have a few questions:
1. The reference says:
"The initial search request and each subsequent scroll request returns a new \_scroll\_id — only the most recent \_scroll\_id should be used."
While in test, the initial search request and each subsequent scroll request returns the same \_scroll\_id.
1. When I try to clear scroll:
> ```
> DELETE /_search/scroll
> {
> "scroll_id" : "DnF1ZXJ5VGhlbkZldGNoFAAAAAAAG3Z7FmtGVmdXb2RKUzUyaGZ0dkxLajJxUWcAAAAAAACcnxZ6ZWdHMWw3alRQeXZ0UHllN2czblJRAAAAAAAOEpMWZ1hZZG5odVNSdy01TG40dFBzc2JWZwAAAAAADhKPFk9PTThraVZ2UXF5S2xETVJwYVdnbXcAAAAAAAC--BZ0VEJvMTBHbVNxZTgwNEtzSExZNVh3AAAAAAAbdnwWa0ZWZ1dvZEpTNTJoZnR2TEtqMnFRZwAAAAAAAJygFnplZ0cxbDdqVFB5dnRQeWU3ZzNuUlEAAAAAAA4SlBZnWFlkbmh1U1J3LTVMbjR0UHNzYlZnAAAAAAAOEpAWT09NOGtpVnZRcXlLbERNUnBhV2dtdwAAAAAAAL75FnRUQm8xMEdtU3FlODA0S3NITFk1WHcAAAAAABt2fRZrRlZnV29kSlM1MmhmdHZMS2oycVFnAAAAAAAAnKEWemVnRzFsN2pUUHl2dFB5ZTdnM25SUQAAAAAADhKVFmdYWWRuaHVTUnctNUxuNHRQc3NiVmcAAAAAAA4SkRZPT004a2lWdlFxeUtsRE1ScGFXZ213AAAAAAAAvvoWdFRCbzEwR21TcWU4MDRLc0hMWTVYdwAAAAAAG3Z-FmtGVmdXb2RKUzUyaGZ0dkxLajJxUWcAAAAAAACcohZ6ZWdHMWw3alRQeXZ0UHllN2czblJRAAAAAAAOEpYWZ1hZZG5odVNSdy01TG40dFBzc2JWZwAAAAAADhKSFk9PTThraVZ2UXF5S2xETVJwYVdnbXcAAAAAAAC--xZ0VEJvMTBHbVNxZTgwNEtzSExZNVh3"
> }
>
> ```
I always get the following:
> {
> "error": {
> "root\_cause": [
> {
> "type": "action\_request\_validation\_exception",
> "reason": "Validation Failed: 1: no scroll ids specified;"
> }
> ],
> "type": "action\_request\_validation\_exception",
> "reason": "Validation Failed: 1: no scroll ids specified;"
> },
> "status": 400
> }
Need I clear the last scroll id after each subsequent scroll request?
Any help would be appreciated!
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2017, 7:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scroll-id-questions/82967/2 "2017-04-20T07:54:38Z")
> [@ginger](#):
>
> Need I clear the last scroll id after each subsequent scroll request?
Nope, requesting the new ID auto clears the old one.
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### Author:  [@ginger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ginger)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2017, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scroll-id-questions/82967/3 "2017-04-20T12:00:53Z")
Thanks very much!
Hope the reference can be more clearly : )
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scroll-id-questions/82967/4 "2017-04-20T23:38:43Z")
I raised [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/24204](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/24204) to clarify 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scroll-id-questions/82967/5 "2017-05-18T23:53:39Z")
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