Tablestore:Delete a search index

You can use the Tablestore console to delete a search index that you no longer require.

1. Go to the Indexes tab.

   1. Log on to the Tablestore console.

   2. In the top navigation bar, select a resource group and a region.

   3. On the Overview page, click the name of the instance that you want to manage or click Manage Instance in the Actions column of the instance.

   4. On the Tables tab of the Instance Details tab, click the name of the data table or click Indexes in the Actions column of the data table.

2. On the Indexes tab, find the search index that you want to delete and click Delete in the Actions column.

3. In the Delete Search Index message, confirm the names of the table and search index and click OK.

   Note

   If security verification is enabled for your Alibaba Cloud account, complete the verification as prompted.

You can run the drop_search_index command in the Tablestore CLI to delete a search index. For more information, see Search index.

The following sample code provides an example on how to delete a search index named search_index:

drop_search_index -n search_index -y

You can delete a search index by using the following Tablestore SDKs: Tablestore SDK for Java, Tablestore SDK for Go, Tablestore SDK for Python, Tablestore SDK for Node.js, Tablestore SDK for .NET, and Tablestore SDK for PHP. In this example, Tablestore SDK for Java is used.

The following sample code provides an example on how to delete a search index:

private static void deleteSearchIndex(SyncClient client) {
    DeleteSearchIndexRequest request = new DeleteSearchIndexRequest();
    request.setTableName("<TABLE_NAME>"); // Specify the name of the data table. 
    request.setIndexName("<SEARCH_INDEX_NAME>"); // Specify the name of the search index. 
    client.deleteSearchIndex(request); // Call the client to delete the search index. 
}