diff --git a/src/Kentico.Xperience.Lucene/Services/ILuceneIndexService.cs b/src/Kentico.Xperience.Lucene/Services/ILuceneIndexService.cs
index ce5661f..eefd9a8 100644
--- a/src/Kentico.Xperience.Lucene/Services/ILuceneIndexService.cs
+++ b/src/Kentico.Xperience.Lucene/Services/ILuceneIndexService.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ namespace Kentico.Xperience.Lucene.Services;
 
 public interface ILuceneIndexService
 {
-    T UseWriter<T>(LuceneIndex index, Func<IndexWriter, T> useIndexWriter);
+    T UseWriter<T>(LuceneIndex index, Func<IndexWriter, T> useIndexWriter, OpenMode openMode = OpenMode.CREATE_OR_APPEND);
+
+    void ResetIndex(LuceneIndex index);
 
     TResult UseSearcher<TResult>(LuceneIndex index, Func<IndexSearcher, TResult> useIndexSearcher);
 }
diff --git a/src/Kentico.Xperience.Lucene/Services/Implementations/DefaultLuceneClient.cs b/src/Kentico.Xperience.Lucene/Services/Implementations/DefaultLuceneClient.cs
index 9a78da2..1a4c3f5 100644
--- a/src/Kentico.Xperience.Lucene/Services/Implementations/DefaultLuceneClient.cs
+++ b/src/Kentico.Xperience.Lucene/Services/Implementations/DefaultLuceneClient.cs
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ private async Task RebuildInternal(LuceneIndex luceneIndex, CancellationToken? c
     {
         // Clear statistics cache so listing displays updated data after rebuild
         cacheAccessor.Remove(CACHEKEY_STATISTICS);
+        luceneIndexService.ResetIndex(luceneIndex);
 
         var indexedNodes = new List<TreeNode>();
         foreach (var includedPathAttribute in luceneIndex.IncludedPaths)
diff --git a/src/Kentico.Xperience.Lucene/Services/Implementations/DefaultLuceneIndexService.cs b/src/Kentico.Xperience.Lucene/Services/Implementations/DefaultLuceneIndexService.cs
index 74e28c0..150e5a3 100644
--- a/src/Kentico.Xperience.Lucene/Services/Implementations/DefaultLuceneIndexService.cs
+++ b/src/Kentico.Xperience.Lucene/Services/Implementations/DefaultLuceneIndexService.cs
@@ -10,21 +10,22 @@ namespace Kentico.Xperience.Lucene.Services.Implementations;
 public class DefaultLuceneIndexService : ILuceneIndexService
 {
     private const LuceneVersion LUCENE_VERSION = LuceneVersion.LUCENE_48;
-
-    public TResult UseWriter<TResult>(LuceneIndex index, Func<IndexWriter, TResult> useIndexWriter)
+    public TResult UseWriter<TResult>(LuceneIndex index, Func<IndexWriter, TResult> useIndexWriter, OpenMode openMode = OpenMode.CREATE_OR_APPEND)
     {
         using LuceneDirectory indexDir = FSDirectory.Open(index.IndexPath);
 
         //Create an index writer
         var indexConfig = new IndexWriterConfig(LUCENE_VERSION, index.Analyzer)
         {
-            OpenMode = OpenMode.CREATE_OR_APPEND                             // create/overwrite index
+            OpenMode = openMode                             // create/overwrite index
         };
         using var writer = new IndexWriter(indexDir, indexConfig);
 
         return useIndexWriter(writer);
     }
 
+    public void ResetIndex(LuceneIndex index) => UseWriter(index, (IndexWriter writer) => true, OpenMode.CREATE);
+
     public TResult UseSearcher<TResult>(LuceneIndex index, Func<IndexSearcher, TResult> useIndexSearcher)
     {
         if (!System.IO.Directory.Exists(index.IndexPath))