# Starts with search

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starts-with-search/245095
**Category:** Elastic Search
**Tags:** elastic-app-search
**Created:** [August 15, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starts-with-search/245095 "2020-08-15T11:59:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![malik\_aditya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/malik_aditya/32/45618_2.png) [@malik\_aditya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/malik_aditya)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starts-with-search/245095/1 "2020-08-15T11:59:41Z")

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Is it possible to perform a starts with search on a specific field in AppSearch?

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### Author: ![JasonStoltz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasonstoltz/32/49893_2.png) [@JasonStoltz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JasonStoltz)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starts-with-search/245095/2 "2020-08-17T11:24:51Z")

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Hey @malik_aditya,

That is not currently possible.

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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: [September 14, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starts-with-search/245095/3 "2020-09-14T11:25:28Z")

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