arangodb/Documentation/DocuBlocks/dropIndex.md

@brief drops an index db._dropIndex(index)

Drops the index. If the index does not exist, then false is returned. If the index existed and was dropped, then true is returned.

db._dropIndex(index-handle)

Drops the index with index-handle.

@EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT{dropIndex} ~db._create("example"); db.example.ensureIndex({ type: "skiplist", fields: [ "a", "b" ] }); var indexInfo = db.example.getIndexes(); indexInfo; db._dropIndex(indexInfo[0]) db._dropIndex(indexInfo[1].id) indexInfo = db.example.getIndexes(); ~db._drop("example"); @END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT