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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Remove an index

You can remove the index for a table if you no longer want the search engine to return results for that table. This procedure also removes the index for all tables that extend the specified table.

Before you begin

Role required: admin

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > System Definition > Dictionary.

  2. Open the dictionary record for the table.

    The dictionary record for a table is the record with Table matching the table's name, an empty column name, and a Type value of Collection, as shown in the following example image.

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Dictionary Entry table showing a table's dictionary record with matching Table name, empty Column name and Type value of Collection.
  1. If the Text index option field is hidden, configure the form layout to show it.

    For details on showing and hiding fields on a form, see Configuring the form layout.

  2. Clear the record's Text index option, then select Update.

Result

The system no longer indexes text from the specified table or queries it for text search results. This change also disables text indexing and search for all tables that extend the specified table.

Parent Topic:Zing indexes words

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