Description
The SQL keyword DROP INDEX is used to delete an existing index permanently from a database.
Here is the syntax to drop an index on different database systems.
| Database System | Syntax |
| MySQL | ALTER TABLE table_name DROP INDEX index_name; |
| SQL Server | DROP INDEX table_name.index_name; |
| Oracle / DB2 | DROP INDEX index_name; |
| MS Access | DROP INDEX index_name ON table_name; |