Deleting Fragment Rules
- Last Updated: April 15, 2026
- 1 minute read
- MarkLogic Server
- Version 12.0
- Documentation
To delete fragment rules for a specific database, follow these steps:
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Click Databases in the left tree menu. A list of databases appears.
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Click your target database.
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Click either Fragment Roots or Fragment Parents under the specified database.
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Locate the fragment rule you want to delete and click Delete. A confirmation message appears.
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Confirm the delete and click OK.
The fragment rule is dropped from the database.
Note: Deleting fragment rules has no impact on the fragmentation that has already been applied to documents loaded into the database, unless reindexing is enabled for the database.