db.collection.dropSearchIndex()
Definition
New in version 7.0: (Also available starting in 6.0.7)
Deletes an existing Atlas Search index.
Important
mongosh Method
This page documents a mongosh method. This is not
the documentation for database commands or language-specific drivers,
such as Node.js.
For the database command, see the dropSearchIndex command.
For MongoDB API drivers, refer to the language-specific MongoDB driver documentation.
Compatibility
This method is available in deployments hosted in the following environments:
MongoDB Atlas: The fully managed service for MongoDB deployments in the cloud
Important
This command is not supported in M0, M2, and M5 clusters or in serverless instances. For more information, see Unsupported Commands.
Syntax
Command syntax:
db.<collection>.dropSearchIndex(<name>)
Command Fields
dropSearchIndex() takes the following field:
Field | Type | Necessity | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| string | Required | Name of the search index to drop. |
Behavior
After you run dropSearchIndex(), there may be a delay between when you
receive a response from the command and when the index is deleted.
To see the status of your search indexes, use the
$listSearchIndexes aggregation stage. Once your index is
deleted, that index no longer appears in the $listSearchIndexes
output.
Access Control
If your deployment enforces access control, the user running the
dropSearchIndex() method must have the
dropSearchIndex privilege action on the database:
{ resource: { database : true }, actions: [ "dropSearchIndex" ] }
The built-in dbAdmin and readWrite roles provide
the dropSearchIndex privilege. The following example grants the
readWrite role on the qa database:
db.grantRolesToUser( "<user>", [ { role: "readWrite", db: "qa" } ] )
Example
The following example deletes a search index named searchIndex01 on
the movies collection:
db.movies.dropSearchIndex("searchIndex01")