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DeleteSearchIndex[obj]

deletes the search index represented by the search index object obj.

DeleteSearchIndex["name"]

deletes the search index with the specified name in the SearchIndices[] list.

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DeleteSearchIndex

DeleteSearchIndex[obj]

deletes the search index represented by the search index object obj.

DeleteSearchIndex["name"]

deletes the search index with the specified name in the SearchIndices[] list.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

Create a SearchIndexObject:

Wolfram Language code: index = CreateSearchIndex["ExampleData/Text"]; TextSearch[index, "dog"]

The index does not exist anymore after it is deleted:

Wolfram Language code: DeleteSearchIndex[index]; TextSearch[index, "dog"]
Wolfram Research (2015), DeleteSearchIndex, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteSearchIndex.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2015), DeleteSearchIndex, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteSearchIndex.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2015. "DeleteSearchIndex." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteSearchIndex.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2015). DeleteSearchIndex. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteSearchIndex.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_deletesearchindex, author="Wolfram Research", title="{DeleteSearchIndex}", year="2015", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteSearchIndex.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_deletesearchindex, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={DeleteSearchIndex}, year={2015}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeleteSearchIndex.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}