Software Engineering KB

Home

❯

03 Data Management

❯

00 Relational Databases

❯

02 Sub Concept

❯

Unused Indexes

Unused Indexes

Feb 10, 20261 min read

  • relational-databases
  • indexing
  • anti-patterns

Unused Indexes

← Back to Index Anti-Patterns

Indexes that exist but are never used by the query planner. They consume storage and slow down writes with no read benefit. Identify with pg_stat_user_indexes or similar tools.

relational-databases indexing anti-patterns


Graph View

Backlinks

  • Index Anti-Patterns

Created with Quartz v4.5.2 © 2026

  • GitHub