# Where are index mappings stored

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-are-index-mappings-stored/6293>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 5, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-are-index-mappings-stored/6293 "2012-01-05T18:02:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rafal\_Kuc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rafal_kuc/32/799_2.png) [@Rafal\_Kuc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rafal_Kuc)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-are-index-mappings-stored/6293/1 "2012-01-05T18:02:09Z")

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Hello

I have a simple question - where are the index mappings stored ? In  
Lucene index with the documents or in the files in the \_state  
directory ?

Thanks for the answer  
Rafał

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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, 3:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-are-index-mappings-stored/6293/2 "2017-07-06T03:43:44Z")

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