# FT._LIST

```json metadata
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  "title": "FT._LIST",
  "description": "Returns a list of all existing indexes",
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  "complexity": "O(1)",
  "group": "search",
  "command_flags": ["readonly"],
  "acl_categories": ["@admin","@search","@slow"],
  "since": "2.0.0",
  "tableOfContents": {"sections":[{"id":"examples","title":"Examples"},{"id":"redis-software-and-redis-cloud-compatibility","title":"Redis Software and Redis Cloud compatibility"},{"id":"return-information","title":"Return information"}]}

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```

Returns a list of all existing indexes.

> [!NOTE] Temporary command
> The prefix `_` in the command indicates, this is a temporary command.
>
> In the future, a [`SCAN`](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/scan) type of command will be added, for use when a database
> contains a large number of indices.

## Examples

```sql
FT._LIST
1) "idx"
2) "movies"
3) "imdb"
```

## Redis Software and Redis Cloud compatibility

| Redis<br />Software | Redis Cloud<br />Flexible & Annual | Redis Cloud<br />Free & Fixed | <span style="min-width: 9em; display: table-cell">Notes</span> |
|:----------------------|:-----------------|:-----------------|:------|
| <span title="Supported">&#x2705; Supported</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705; Supported</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705; Supported</nobr></span> |  |

## Return information

**RESP2:**

[Array](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/reference/protocol-spec#arrays) of index names as [simple strings](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/reference/protocol-spec#simple-strings).

**RESP3:**

[Set](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/reference/protocol-spec#sets) of index names as [simple strings](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/reference/protocol-spec#simple-strings).