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# Remove an index for a specific field

# Remove an index for a specific field {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
* 
* Updated December 12, 2024
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

You can remove the index for a specific field in a table if you no longer want the search engine to return results for that field.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllSystem DefinitionDictionary.
2. Open the dictionary record for the table field.  
   The dictionary record for a table field is the record with Table matching the table's name and Column name matching the field's name, as shown in the following example
   image.

3. In the Attributes related list, select New.
4. On the Dictionary Attribute form, fill in the fields.  
   {#t_RemoveAnIndexForASpecificField__table_nh4_k4g_m4b__entry__2}

   | Field | Value |
   |-|-|
   | Attribute | No text index |
   | Value | true |
   [ ]

   {#t_RemoveAnIndexForASpecificField__table_nh4_k4g_m4b}
5. Select Submit.
6. Select Update.

## Result

The system no longer indexes text from the specified table field or queries it for text search results. This change also disables text indexing and search for the specified field in all tables that extend the specified
table.
**Related concepts**   

* [Zing indexes punctuation as part of some words](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/w7uB09y~FMmb2pFvBd6hwg "Zing indexes some punctuation marks as part of some words to improve search results for common search terms.")
* [Zing indexes some HTML elements](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/ka_LSPsauIUfAhCQ_t7bIA "Zing indexes the contents of certain HTML elements to improve document search results. This indexing is addition to the normal indexing by word.")  
**Related tasks**   

* [Configure a table for indexing and searching](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/ikx52T2SvdSyrAWcJbB0lA#configure-single-table-for-indexing "Enable Zing text indexing for a table to allow users to search its records for string values. Configure the table's text indexing attributes, stop words, and synonym dictionaries to control search behavior.")
* [Configure a text index group to search across multiple tables](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/_Tqphpv96UK1ogrveyz4mg "Update tables to the V4 indexing format and include them in a text index group to facilitate searching across multiple tables.")
* [Regenerate a text index for a table](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/EhFB579yIrCuwIp2hhyGHA "You can regenerate a table text index when you change table stop words or display values.")
* [Remove an index](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/xgsKH0hNHvRqe9szc3ir2A "You can remove the index for a table if you no longer want the search engine to return results for that table. This procedure also removes the index for all tables that extend the specified table.")
* [Remove the text index for a child table](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/CO6UXxVULBBlub6YaQDqtg "You can remove the text index for a child table if you no longer want the search engine to return results for that child table.")
* [Change the query mode of an indexed table](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/PrqCDK3ZPZwBhHgu2C02BQ "Set the query mode to specify whether searches on an indexed table must match all or only some of the search terms.")
* [Enable indexing of text in multi-row variable sets](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/h3Rx9FN5RISMSrF0Tjb9sA "Make text from multi-row Service Catalog variable sets searchable in global search.")
* [Configure tables to use the Japanese tokenizer](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/E0EWdE3uDM7mAVWTgDS8Cw "Improve search results in Japanese language searches by configuring individual tables to use the Japanese tokenizer.")  
**Related reference**   

* [Zing index and search dictionary attributes](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/cov1YoVQP8FsNSEuqNnsAg "The following dictionary attributes either affect the way Zing indexes tables or ranks search results.")
* [Text indexing statistics and status](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/t0_oxn~6xib1FACmS31utg "To view text indexing statistics and status, navigate to All > System Definition > Text Indexes .")

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