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title:  clear defined indexes
---

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Clears all the defined indexes.

Index definitions are stored locally on the `gfsh` client. If you want to create a new set of indexes or if one or more of the index creations fail, you might want to clear the definitions

See also [define index](define.html).

**Availability:** Online or offline.

**Syntax:**

``` pre
clear defined indexes
```

**Example Commands:**

``` pre
gfsh> clear defined indexes
 
```

**Sample Output:**

``` pre
gfsh>clear defined indexes
Index definitions successfully cleared
```