# Using not in a field in elastic search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-not-in-a-field-in-elastic-search/7448>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 24, 2012, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-not-in-a-field-in-elastic-search/7448 "2012-04-24T10:37:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jatin\_wadhwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jatin\_wadhwa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jatin_wadhwa)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-not-in-a-field-in-elastic-search/7448/1 "2012-04-24T10:37:09Z")

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i wanna know about how we use not in a single field

like  
there is a field user and user contain value jatin wadhwa  
i want to use not in user field so that my result look like jatin not include or exclude wadhwa

how it possible  
reply fast as 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:** [July 6, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-not-in-a-field-in-elastic-search/7448/2 "2017-07-06T03:31:17Z")

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