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dropIndexes¶
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dropIndexes
¶ The
dropIndexes
command drops one or all indexes from the current collection. To drop all indexes, issue the command like so:To drop a single, issue the command by specifying the name of the index you want to drop. For example, to drop the index named
age_1
, use the following command:The shell provides a useful command helper. Here’s the equivalent command:
Warning
This command obtains a write lock on the affected database and will block other operations until it has completed.