DROP FULLTEXT INDEX (Transact-SQL)

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance

Removes a full-text index from a specified table or indexed view.

Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

DROP FULLTEXT INDEX ON table_name  

Note

To view Transact-SQL syntax for SQL Server 2014 (12.x) and earlier versions, see Previous versions documentation.

Arguments

table_name
Is the name of the table or indexed view containing the full-text index to be removed.

Remarks

You do not need to drop all columns from the full-text index before using the DROP FULLTEXT INDEX command.

Permissions

The user must have ALTER permission on the table or indexed view, or be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role, or db_owner or db_ddladmin fixed database roles.

Examples

The following example drops the full-text index that exists on the JobCandidate table.

USE AdventureWorks2022;  
GO  
DROP FULLTEXT INDEX ON HumanResources.JobCandidate;  
GO  

See Also

sys.fulltext_indexes (Transact-SQL)
ALTER FULLTEXT INDEX (Transact-SQL)
CREATE FULLTEXT INDEX (Transact-SQL)
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