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title: delete-backend-vlv-index
description: Deletes Backend VLV Indexes.
component: pingds
version: 8.1
page_id: pingds:configref:subcommands-delete-backend-vlv-index
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/8.1/configref/subcommands-delete-backend-vlv-index.html
---

# delete-backend-vlv-index

Deletes Backend VLV Indexes.

In addition to the global `dsconfig` options, the `dsconfig delete-backend-vlv-index` subcommand takes the following options:

* `--backend-name {name}`

  The name of the Pluggable Backend.

* `-f | --force`

  Ignore non-existent Backend VLV Indexes.\
  Default: false

* `--index-name {name}`

  The name of the Backend VLV Index.

Properties used in options depend on the type of object to configure.

For details about available properties, see [Backend VLV Index](objects-backend-vlv-index.html).