.. _es-guide-reference-query-dsl-span-not-query:

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Span Not Query
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Removes matches which overlap with another span query. The span not query maps to Lucene **SpanNotQuery**. Here is an example:


.. code-block:: js


    {
        "span_not" : {
            ©"include" : {
                "span_term" : { "field1" : "value1" }
            },
            "exclude" : {
                "span_term" : { "field2" : "value2" }
            }
        }
    }


The **include** and **exclude** clauses can be any span type query. The **include** clause is the span query whose matches are filtered, and the **exclude** clause is the span query whose matches must not overlap those returned.