# Update Existing Mapping **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 26, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-existing-mapping/16617 "2014-03-26T15:47:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Praveenkumar\_Arepall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@Praveenkumar\_Arepall](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Praveenkumar_Arepall)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-existing-mapping/16617/1 "2014-03-26T15:47:54Z")
How to update Existing mapping in Index? "firstName" : { "type" : "multi\_field", "fields" : { "firstName" : { "type" : "string" } "index\_options" : "docs", "include\_in\_all" : false } } Here i want update \*"index\_options" : "docs" \*to "index\_options" : "positions", -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/67d73fab-339e-4a6f-8bd3-9e776b546fd5%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/67d73fab-339e-4a6f-8bd3-9e776b546fd5%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Binh\_Ly\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@Binh\_Ly\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Binh_Ly_2)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-existing-mapping/16617/2 "2014-03-26T17:33:58Z")
Unfortunately you can't "update" the index\_options after it's in already. You'll need to delete your index and redefine the mapping. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/689f54ce-d31f-4ea5-8ce8-579daf6a020d%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/689f54ce-d31f-4ea5-8ce8-579daf6a020d%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-existing-mapping/16617/3 "2017-07-06T01:40:28Z")