topic ArcGIS Pro in ArcGIS Pro Questions

ArcGIS Pro

cassandrampofu — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 19:59:50 GMT

Hi everyone,

Every time I create a new project in ArcGIS Pro, it automatically generates an Index folder, which I don’t need. I’ve tried disabling it via Settings > Options > Indexing by unchecking "Enable indexing for project contents", but the folder still appears.

My Questions:

Is there a way to completely prevent the Index folder from being created?
Could this be version-specific?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Best,
Cassandra

Re: ArcGIS Pro

DanPatterson — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 21:27:36 GMT

ArcGIS Pro version 3.4

many things are indexed besides project contents,

As an example a project "Index" folder

C:\arcpro_npg\Project_npg\Index\npGeom04_index

contains subfolders

Connections # I have no connections so this was empty

npGeom04 # a bunch of files associated with some featureclasses

Thumbnails # thumbnails of maps

I then toggled off indexing period in the Project backstage, created a new project, added 2 featureclasses, saved and exited.

and got no index folder

Again.... no outside links to data, no sharesies with anything, no basemap, just local data

I can't guarantee you won't get an index folder if this is beyond your case, or you perform some operation that may require indexing at sometime

Re: ArcGIS Pro

cassandrampofu — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:41:59 GMT

Hello @DanPatterson,

Thank you soo much. I tried what you did and it worked.

Re: ArcGIS Pro

DanPatterson — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:10:56 GMT

Perhaps you could "Accept As Solution" my response so that others know a solution was arrived at.

Thanks