# re-gathering facts

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/re-gathering-facts/12265>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [January 30, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/re-gathering-facts/12265 "2013-01-30T18:04:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/re-gathering-facts/12265/1 "2013-01-30T18:04:00Z")

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Sure, no problem!

You can just do a task like so:

- action: setup

any time you want

and even can switch off fact gathering at the play level to save the  
duplicate first call (gather\_facts: False on the play)