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Delete a custom file index

Use the influxdb3 delete file_index command to delete a custom file indexing strategy from a database or a table and revert to the default indexing strategy.

Provide the following:

  • Token (--token): (Required) Your admin token. You can also use the INFLUXDB3_AUTH_TOKEN environment variable to specify the token.
  • Database (-d, --database): (Required) The name of the database to apply remove the custom index from. You can also use the INFLUXDB3_DATABASE_NAME environment variable to specify the database.
  • Table (-t, --table): The name of the table to remove the custom index from. If no table is specified, the custom indexing strategy is removed from all tables in the specified database.
influxdb3 delete file_index \
  --host http://localhost:8585 \
  --database 
DATABASE
_NAME \
--table
TABLE
_NAME \
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Replace the following placeholders with your values:

  • AUTH_TOKEN: your admin token
  • DATABASE_NAME: the name of the database to remove the custom file index from
  • TABLE_NAME: the name of the table to remove the custom file index from

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