delete-segments.md

delete-segments

Name

index-delete-segments - Deletes segments from an index.

Synopsis

lucene index delete-segments <INDEX_DIRECTORY> <SEGMENT>[ <SEGMENT_2>...] [?|-h|--help]

Description

Deletes segments from an index.

Warning

You can easily accidentally remove segments from your index, so be careful! Always make a backup of your index first.

Arguments

INDEX_DIRECTORY

The directory of the index.

SEGMENT

The segments to delete, separated by a space.

Options

?|-h|--help

Prints out a short help for the command.

Example

Delete the segments named _8c and _83 from the index located at X:\category-data\:

lucene index delete-segments X:\category-data _8c _83