My search index table has 4gb!!! Can I simply clean it?

[FabioPaz]

Hello, there. My ibf_core_search_index table has 4gb.

Since I already rebuilt the index (without affecting it's size), can I simply clean the table to start from scratch?

"Why" you ask... Imagine my surprise after discoverying my daily backups folder occupying a copious amount of space. Another pain was doing a simply database migration to another server (4gb for one table, there's the rest).

Any help would be appreaciated.  Thank you for your time in advance.

Edited October 26, 2020 by FabioPaz

[Rhett]

By default the search settings are set to 365 days for your search index, if you have changed that and increased it, that may explain the higher usage, you can limit search as needed to adjust the size of this as needed.  This is changed in your admincp > system > search settings.