mysql> ALTER TABLE tb_dept1 -> DROP INDEX unique_name; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.20 sec) Records: 0 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> DESC tb_dept1; +----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | | | name | varchar(22) | NO | | NULL | | | location | varchar(50) | YES | | NULL | | +----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)