Indexes

Delete index for field in collection

Delete field index for collection

delete/collections/{collection_name}/index/{field_name}

Request

Base URL
http://localhost:6333
Auth
- API key in header api-key
- or HTTP bearer
- or none
TypeScript
https://skmtc.dev/qdrant/apis/qdrant-api/docs/collections/:collection_name/index/:field_name/delete.ts
A function with typed inputs. Its response is checked against the schema.

collection_namestring required

Name of the collection

field_namestring required

Name of the field where to delete the index

waitboolean

If true, wait for changes to actually happen

ordering'weak' | 'medium' | 'strong'

Defines write ordering guarantees for collection operations

weak - write operations may be reordered, works faster, default
medium - write operations go through dynamically selected leader, may be inconsistent for a short period of time in case of leader change
strong - Write operations go through the permanent leader, consistent, but may be unavailable if leader is down

define ordering guarantees for the operation

timeoutinteger

Timeout for the operation

successful operation

timenumber float

Time spent to process this request

statusstring

{
  "time": 0.002,
  "status": "ok"
}

Feb 20, 202626c6f383c006 Revision changes
- warning
  added the new wait_timeout enum value to the / response property for the response status
- info
  added the new optional query request parameter timeout
Nov 17, 2025d09f337ca2f3 Revision changes
- info
  added to the response property anyOf list for the response status
- info
  removed from the response property anyOf list for the response status