# Can I clear the Lucene index queue?

**URL:** <https://forum.litium.com/t/can-i-clear-the-lucene-index-queue/36>\
**Category:** Tips & Tricks\
**Tags:** search\
**Created:** [May 2, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.litium.com/t/can-i-clear-the-lucene-index-queue/36 "2018-05-02T11:31:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![marten](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.litium.com/marten/32/11_2.png) [@marten](https://forum.litium.com/u/marten)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.litium.com/t/can-i-clear-the-lucene-index-queue/36/1 "2018-05-02T11:31:10Z")

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Restarting application does not help

Litium version: 6

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**Author:** ![marten](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.litium.com/marten/32/11_2.png) [@marten](https://forum.litium.com/u/marten)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.litium.com/t/can-i-clear-the-lucene-index-queue/36/2 "2018-05-02T11:32:13Z")

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Stop the application and then remove all `__index_queue*.json` files from `files\Search`-folder.

When the application starts up again the queue will be empty.