Managing indices involves tasks like renaming, copying, or deleting indices, as well as exporting and importing settings.
You can complete most tasks in the Algolia dashboard or using the API.
If you want to copy an index between different Algolia applications,
you have to use the API.
An index’s analytics data is tied to its index.
See Indices and analytics
to learn more about the effect of renaming, copying, and deleting indices on their analytics data.
Name your indices
Choose a unique, readable name for each index.
Don’t use sensitive or personally identifiable information (PII) in an index name,
including usernames, user IDs, or email addresses.
Index names appear in network requests,
so consider them publicly available.
Indices and applications
Common uses for several indices include:
Create sitemaps from your indices
To let search engines like Google or Bing find content from your Algolia indices, for example, product pages or category pages,
you can create sitemaps.
See also
Last modified on August 24, 2026
