SQL Server DELETE is slower with indexes

Question

I have an SQL Server 2005 database, and I tried putting indexes on the appropriate fields in order to speed up the DELETE of records from a table with millions

Answer 1

You can also try TSQL extension to DELETE syntax and check whether it improves performance:

DELETE FROM big_table
FROM big_table AS b
INNER JOIN small_table AS s ON (s.id_product = b.id_product)
WHERE s.id_category  =1