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= dropIndex() =
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[[MongoDB Driver Function Reference]]


Drops an index on the collection.
More information can be found in the corresponding entry of the [[https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/method/db.collection.dropIndex/index.html|MongoDB Manual]].


[[[@cG

<collection>.dropIndex(<name>)

]]]


**Arguments**

[[[@w

|@t0@r0@c0 <collection> | | The target collection. |
| <name> | | Index name |

]]]


**Example**

[[[@cw

db.employees.dropIndex("salary_ix");

]]]

Drops the //salary_ix// index on the //employees// collection.













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