# delete-segments

### Name

`index-delete-segments` - Deletes segments from an index.

### Synopsis

<code>lucene index delete-segments \<INDEX_DIRECTORY> \<SEGMENT>[ \<SEGMENT_2>...] [?|-h|--help]</code>

### Description

You can easily accidentally remove segments from your index, so be careful! Always make a backup of your index first.

### Arguments

`INDEX_DIRECTORY`

The directory of the index.

`SEGMENT`

The segments to delete, separated by a space.

### Options

`?|-h|--help`

Prints out a short help for the command.

### Example

Delete the segments named `_8c` and `_83` from the index located at `X:\category-data\`:

<code>lucene index delete-segments X:\category-data _8c _83</code>
