# Update \_id field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-id-field/299320>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 10, 2022, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-id-field/299320 "2022-03-10T10:17:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![gunjankum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/53a042/32.png) [@gunjankum](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gunjankum)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-id-field/299320/1 "2022-03-10T10:17:23Z")

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Can we update \_id field of a doc.

POST /test\_region/\_doc/01  
{  
"id":"222",  
"userName":"Kumar",  
"region":"DelhiNew"  
}  
Doc value 🙂  
{  
"\_index" : "test\_region",  
"\_type" : "\_doc",  
"\_id" : "01",  
"\_score" : 1.0,  
"\_source" : {  
"id" : "222",  
"userName" : "Kumar",  
"region" : "DelhiNew"  
}

Required Doc

{  
"\_index" : "test\_region",  
"\_type" : "\_doc",  
"\_id" : "01\_DelhiNew",  
"\_score" : 1.0,  
"\_source" : {  
"id" : "222",  
"userName" : "Kumar",  
"region" : "DelhiNew"  
}

Requ

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 10:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-id-field/299320/2 "2022-03-10T10:36:53Z")

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No. That will require you to add the document with the new id and separately delete the old one.

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**Author:** ![gunjankum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/53a042/32.png) [@gunjankum](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gunjankum)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-id-field/299320/3 "2022-03-10T10:45:11Z")

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Ok.Thanks

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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:** [April 7, 2022, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-id-field/299320/4 "2022-04-07T10:45:18Z")

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