MS SQL Server differentiate system and user defined indexes using sys.indexes table

Question

I am trying to write a sproc to maintain all the indexes created by me.

My indexes are shown in random numbered rows in sys.indexes table, mixed with system indexes. Now I want to write a select statement to choose only indexes created by me. (like I can do for databases 'where database_id > 4' in sys.databases) Here, index_id has different meaning and is not unique. Can someone help me? Thanks for your time.

Answer 1

This is a way to select all the indexes of user defined tables

select 
   idx.[name] as [Index]
from sys.indexes as idx
inner join sys.objects as obj on idx.object_id = obj.object_id
where idx.[name] is not null and obj.[type] = 'u'
order by idx.[name]

Answer 2

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