Newer versions of Postgres also support dropping indexes concurrently. I recommend using the concurrently option when dropping unused or unneeded indexes on any

Newer versions of Postgres also support dropping indexes concurrently. I recommend using the concurrently option when dropping unused or unneeded indexes on any table with active writes and reads. https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-dropindex.html https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-dropindex.html