# Storing blobs: binary type vs. enabled=false
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/storing-blobs-binary-type-vs-enabled-false/191545
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 21, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/storing-blobs-binary-type-vs-enabled-false/191545 "2019-07-21T22:23:29Z")
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### Author:  [@jetnet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jetnet)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/storing-blobs-binary-type-vs-enabled-false/191545/1 "2019-07-21T22:23:29Z")
hello All,
I'd like to store binary content in the index, to be able to fetch data later on.
There are two ways to do that:
- [binary data type](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/binary.html)
- [via mapping](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/enabled.html) `enabled: false`
Do they store the data in the same way? Why do we need the `binary` data type at all, if it is not searchable (makes totally sense) and not retrievable (makes no sense) by default?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/storing-blobs-binary-type-vs-enabled-false/191545/2 "2019-08-18T22:23:29Z")
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