# SpiceCRM without elastic search

**URL:** <https://community.spicecrm.io/t/spicecrm-without-elastic-search/436>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 25, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.spicecrm.io/t/spicecrm-without-elastic-search/436 "2019-03-25T12:18:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![prafullsatasiya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@prafullsatasiya](https://community.spicecrm.io/u/prafullsatasiya)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.spicecrm.io/t/spicecrm-without-elastic-search/436/1 "2019-03-25T12:18:01Z")

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Hi,

Is it possible to set up and use SpiceCRM without elastic search?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![maretval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@maretval](https://community.spicecrm.io/u/maretval)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.spicecrm.io/t/spicecrm-without-elastic-search/436/2 "2019-03-25T15:21:22Z")

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You don’t need elastic search if you use backend interface.  
If you want to use SpiceCRM UI then elastic search is necessary

Val