# Source field exclusion seems to be storing data anyway

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/source-field-exclusion-seems-to-be-storing-data-anyway/21487
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 5, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/source-field-exclusion-seems-to-be-storing-data-anyway/21487 "2015-01-05T17:30:36Z")
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### Author: ![Benjamin\_Gathmann](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/benjamin_gathmann/32/7561_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Gathmann](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Benjamin_Gathmann)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/source-field-exclusion-seems-to-be-storing-data-anyway/21487/3 "2015-12-23T14:45:09Z")

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Hi, I have just opened a similar question on this topic. From all the posts I have read, Elasticsearch does not seem to behave very reliable in respect to excluding fields or paths from \_source and being indexed.: [Exclude complete path from indexing and \_source](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-complete-path-from-indexing-and--source/37854/2)  
I am curious to see answers to this.

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