Delete a replica index

Learn how to delete replica indices in the dashboard and with the API.

In the Algolia dashboard, you can delete replica indices like regular indices. For more information, see Delete indices in the Algolia dashboard.

Using the API, delete a replica index in two steps:

1. Unlink the replica index from its primary.

   To unlink a replica index from its primary index, remove it from the replicas setting of the primary index, using the setSettings method:

   C#

   var response = await client.SetSettingsAsync(
     "ALGOLIA_INDEX_NAME",
     new IndexSettings { Replicas = new List { "" } }
   );
   

   If want to keep other replicas, don’t remove them from the replicas setting. If you set replicas to an empty string or list, all replicas will be unlinked.

2. Delete the (former) replica index

   See Delete indices with the API.