# DeleteGlobalSecondaryIndexAction
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Represents a global secondary index to be deleted from an existing table.

## Contents
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**Note**  
In the following list, the required parameters are described first.

 ** IndexName **   <a name="DDB-Type-DeleteGlobalSecondaryIndexAction-IndexName"></a>
The name of the global secondary index to be deleted.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 3. Maximum length of 255.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+`   
Required: Yes

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DeleteGlobalSecondaryIndexAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DeleteGlobalSecondaryIndexAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DeleteGlobalSecondaryIndexAction)