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DROP INDEX

Syntax

DROP INDEX [IF EXISTS] index_name ON tbl_name 
    [WAIT n |NOWAIT]
    [algorithm_option | lock_option] ...

algorithm_option:
    ALGORITHM [=] {DEFAULT|INPLACE|COPY|NOCOPY|INSTANT}

lock_option:
    LOCK [=] {DEFAULT|NONE|SHARED|EXCLUSIVE}

Description

DROP INDEX drops the index named index_name from the table tbl_name. This statement is mapped to an ALTER TABLE statement to drop the index.

If another connection is using the table, a metadata lock is active, and this statement will wait until the lock is released. This is also true for non-transactional tables.

See ALTER TABLE.

Another shortcut, CREATE INDEX, allows the creation of an index.

To remove the primary key, `PRIMARY` must be specified as index_name. Note that the quotes are necessary, because PRIMARY is a keyword.

Privileges

Executing the DROP INDEX statement requires the INDEX privilege for the table or the database.

Online DDL

In MariaDB 10.0 and later, online DDL is supported with the ALGORITHM and LOCK clauses.

See InnoDB Online DDL Overview for more information on online DDL with InnoDB.

DROP INDEX IF EXISTS ...

MariaDB starting with 10.1.4

The IF EXISTS clause was added in MariaDB 10.1.4.

If the IF EXISTS clause is used, then MariaDB will return a warning instead of an error if the index does not exist.

WAIT/NOWAIT

MariaDB starting with 10.3.0

Set the lock wait timeout. See WAIT and NOWAIT.

ALGORITHM

See ALTER TABLE: ALGORITHM for more information.

LOCK

See ALTER TABLE: LOCK for more information.

Progress Reporting

MariaDB provides progress reporting for DROP INDEX statement for clients that support the new progress reporting protocol. For example, if you were using the mysql client, then the progress report might look like this::

See Also

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