diff --git a/docs/management/connectors/action-types/index.asciidoc b/docs/management/connectors/action-types/index.asciidoc
index d674ba868686ec..87c7494df23ea6 100644
--- a/docs/management/connectors/action-types/index.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/management/connectors/action-types/index.asciidoc
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ image::management/connectors/images/index-connector.png[Index connector]
 [[index-connector-configuration]]
 ==== Connector configuration
 
-Index connectors must have a name and an {es} index. You can optionally set the
-{ref}/docs-refresh.html[refresh] policy and the time field, which contains the
+Index connectors must have a name and an {es} index. You can optionally set the time field, which contains the
 details about when each alert condition was detected.
 
 [float]
@@ -46,10 +45,8 @@ xpack.actions.preconfigured:
     actionTypeId: .index
     config:
       index: .kibana
-      refresh: true <1>
       executionTimeField: my-field
 --
-<1> By default, the {ref}/docs-refresh.html[refresh] policy is `false`.
 
 For more information, go to <<pre-configured-connectors>>.
 
diff --git a/docs/management/connectors/images/index-connector.png b/docs/management/connectors/images/index-connector.png
index 438aac772c409b..4ef698b8609461 100644
Binary files a/docs/management/connectors/images/index-connector.png and b/docs/management/connectors/images/index-connector.png differ
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/stack_connectors/public/connector_types/es_index/es_index_connector.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/stack_connectors/public/connector_types/es_index/es_index_connector.test.tsx
index 4fc8752fac2bda..fa3ff05ccb03be 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/stack_connectors/public/connector_types/es_index/es_index_connector.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/stack_connectors/public/connector_types/es_index/es_index_connector.test.tsx
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ describe('IndexActionConnectorFields', () => {
     const wrapper = await setup(connector);
 
     expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="connectorIndexesComboBox"]').exists()).toBeTruthy();
-    expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="indexRefreshCheckbox"]').exists()).toBeTruthy();
 
     // time field switch shouldn't show up initially
     expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="hasTimeFieldCheckbox"]').exists()).toBeFalsy();
@@ -177,7 +176,6 @@ describe('IndexActionConnectorFields', () => {
     const wrapper = await setup(props);
 
     expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="connectorIndexesComboBox"]').exists()).toBeTruthy();
-    expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="indexRefreshCheckbox"]').exists()).toBeTruthy();
 
     // time related fields shouldn't show up
     expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="hasTimeFieldCheckbox"]').exists()).toBeFalsy();
@@ -187,9 +185,6 @@ describe('IndexActionConnectorFields', () => {
       .find(EuiComboBox)
       .filter('[data-test-subj="connectorIndexesComboBox"]');
     expect(indexComboBox.prop('selectedOptions')).toEqual([{ label: indexName, value: indexName }]);
-
-    const refreshSwitch = wrapper.find(EuiSwitch).filter('[data-test-subj="indexRefreshCheckbox"]');
-    expect(refreshSwitch.prop('checked')).toEqual(false);
   });
 
   test('renders correctly when editing connector - refresh set to true', async () => {
@@ -208,7 +203,6 @@ describe('IndexActionConnectorFields', () => {
     const wrapper = await setup(props);
 
     expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="connectorIndexesComboBox"]').exists()).toBeTruthy();
-    expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="indexRefreshCheckbox"]').exists()).toBeTruthy();
     expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="hasTimeFieldCheckbox"]').exists()).toBeFalsy();
     expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="executionTimeFieldSelect"]').exists()).toBeFalsy();
 
@@ -216,9 +210,6 @@ describe('IndexActionConnectorFields', () => {
       .find(EuiComboBox)
       .filter('[data-test-subj="connectorIndexesComboBox"]');
     expect(indexComboBox.prop('selectedOptions')).toEqual([{ label: indexName, value: indexName }]);
-
-    const refreshSwitch = wrapper.find(EuiSwitch).filter('[data-test-subj="indexRefreshCheckbox"]');
-    expect(refreshSwitch.prop('checked')).toEqual(true);
   });
 
   test('renders correctly when editing connector - with date type field mapping but no time field selected', async () => {
@@ -238,7 +229,6 @@ describe('IndexActionConnectorFields', () => {
 
     await waitFor(() => {
       expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="connectorIndexesComboBox"]').exists()).toBeTruthy();
-      expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="indexRefreshCheckbox"]').exists()).toBeTruthy();
       expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="hasTimeFieldCheckbox"]').exists()).toBeTruthy();
       expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="executionTimeFieldSelect"]').exists()).toBeFalsy();
     });
@@ -248,9 +238,6 @@ describe('IndexActionConnectorFields', () => {
       .filter('[data-test-subj="connectorIndexesComboBox"]');
     expect(indexComboBox.prop('selectedOptions')).toEqual([{ label: indexName, value: indexName }]);
 
-    const refreshSwitch = wrapper.find(EuiSwitch).filter('[data-test-subj="indexRefreshCheckbox"]');
-    expect(refreshSwitch.prop('checked')).toEqual(false);
-
     const timeFieldSwitch = wrapper
       .find(EuiSwitch)
       .filter('[data-test-subj="hasTimeFieldCheckbox"]');
@@ -275,7 +262,6 @@ describe('IndexActionConnectorFields', () => {
     await waitFor(() => {
       wrapper.update();
       expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="connectorIndexesComboBox"]').exists()).toBeTruthy();
-      expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="indexRefreshCheckbox"]').exists()).toBeTruthy();
       expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="hasTimeFieldCheckbox"]').exists()).toBeTruthy();
       expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="executionTimeFieldSelect"]').exists()).toBeTruthy();
     });
@@ -285,9 +271,6 @@ describe('IndexActionConnectorFields', () => {
       .filter('[data-test-subj="connectorIndexesComboBox"]');
     expect(indexComboBox.prop('selectedOptions')).toEqual([{ label: indexName, value: indexName }]);
 
-    const refreshSwitch = wrapper.find(EuiSwitch).filter('[data-test-subj="indexRefreshCheckbox"]');
-    expect(refreshSwitch.prop('checked')).toEqual(false);
-
     const timeFieldSwitch = wrapper
       .find(EuiSwitch)
       .filter('[data-test-subj="hasTimeFieldCheckbox"]');
@@ -380,8 +363,8 @@ describe('IndexActionConnectorFields', () => {
           actionTypeId: '.index',
           config: {
             index: 'test_es_index',
-            refresh: false,
             executionTimeField: '1',
+            refresh: false,
           },
           id: 'test',
           isDeprecated: false,
@@ -425,7 +408,6 @@ describe('IndexActionConnectorFields', () => {
           actionTypeId: '.index',
           config: {
             index: 'test_es_index',
-            refresh: false,
           },
           id: 'test',
           isDeprecated: false,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/stack_connectors/public/connector_types/es_index/es_index_connector.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/stack_connectors/public/connector_types/es_index/es_index_connector.tsx
index ec090c3c004d10..54912f7bd94921 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/stack_connectors/public/connector_types/es_index/es_index_connector.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/stack_connectors/public/connector_types/es_index/es_index_connector.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ import { ToggleField, SelectField } from '@kbn/es-ui-shared-plugin/static/forms/
 import { DocLinksStart } from '@kbn/core/public';
 import { FormattedMessage } from '@kbn/i18n-react';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
-import type { ActionConnectorFieldsProps } from '@kbn/triggers-actions-ui-plugin/public';
+import {
+  type ActionConnectorFieldsProps,
+  HiddenField,
+} from '@kbn/triggers-actions-ui-plugin/public';
 import {
   firstFieldOption,
   getFields,
@@ -131,6 +134,7 @@ const IndexActionConnectorFields: React.FunctionComponent<ActionConnectorFieldsP
           />
         </h5>
       </EuiTitle>
+      <HiddenField path={'config.refresh'} />
       <EuiSpacer size="m" />
       <UseField path="config.index" config={getIndexConfig(docLinks)}>
         {(field) => {
@@ -214,33 +218,6 @@ const IndexActionConnectorFields: React.FunctionComponent<ActionConnectorFieldsP
         }}
       </UseField>
       <EuiSpacer size="m" />
-      <UseField
-        path="config.refresh"
-        component={ToggleField}
-        config={{
-          defaultValue: false,
-        }}
-        componentProps={{
-          euiFieldProps: {
-            label: (
-              <>
-                <FormattedMessage
-                  id="xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.refreshLabel"
-                  defaultMessage="Refresh index"
-                />{' '}
-                <EuiIconTip
-                  position="right"
-                  type="questionInCircle"
-                  content={translations.REFRESH_FIELD_TOGGLE_TOOLTIP}
-                />
-              </>
-            ),
-            disabled: readOnly,
-            'data-test-subj': 'indexRefreshCheckbox',
-          },
-        }}
-      />
-      <EuiSpacer size="m" />
       {showTimeFieldCheckbox ? (
         <UseField
           path="__internal__.hasTimeFieldCheckbox"
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/stack_connectors/public/connector_types/es_index/translations.ts b/x-pack/plugins/stack_connectors/public/connector_types/es_index/translations.ts
index 3153d841820409..28839b8416a54e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/stack_connectors/public/connector_types/es_index/translations.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/stack_connectors/public/connector_types/es_index/translations.ts
@@ -42,13 +42,6 @@ export const SHOW_TIME_FIELD_TOGGLE_TOOLTIP = i18n.translate(
   }
 );
 
-export const REFRESH_FIELD_TOGGLE_TOOLTIP = i18n.translate(
-  'xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.refreshTooltip',
-  {
-    defaultMessage: 'Refresh the affected shards to make this operation visible to search.',
-  }
-);
-
 export const INDEX_LABEL = i18n.translate(
   'xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.indicesToQueryLabel',
   {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/fr-FR.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/fr-FR.json
index 36ac870ff8b984..35293d2f388766 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/fr-FR.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/fr-FR.json
@@ -35323,8 +35323,6 @@
     "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.jsonDocAriaLabel": "Éditeur de code",
     "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.preconfiguredIndex": "Index Elasticsearch",
     "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.preconfiguredIndexDocLink": "Affichez les documents.",
-    "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.refreshLabel": "Actualiser l'index",
-    "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.refreshTooltip": "Actualisez les partitions affectées pour rendre cette opération visible pour la recherche.",
     "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.resetDefaultIndexLabel": "Réinitialiser l'index par défaut",
     "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.selectMessageText": "Indexez les données dans Elasticsearch.",
     "xpack.stackConnectors.components.jira.apiTokenTextFieldLabel": "Token d'API",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
index c310173e966fa9..b15491b0fb9464 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
@@ -35304,8 +35304,6 @@
     "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.jsonDocAriaLabel": "コードエディター",
     "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.preconfiguredIndex": "Elasticsearchインデックス",
     "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.preconfiguredIndexDocLink": "ドキュメントを表示します。",
-    "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.refreshLabel": "更新インデックス",
-    "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.refreshTooltip": "影響を受けるシャードを更新し、この処理を検索できるようにします。",
     "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.resetDefaultIndexLabel": "デフォルトのインデックスをリセット",
     "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.selectMessageText": "データを Elasticsearch にインデックスしてください。",
     "xpack.stackConnectors.components.jira.apiTokenTextFieldLabel": "APIトークン",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
index c0b0d9240e321f..88b6f305fb5a28 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
@@ -35298,8 +35298,6 @@
     "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.jsonDocAriaLabel": "代码编辑器",
     "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.preconfiguredIndex": "Elasticsearch 索引",
     "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.preconfiguredIndexDocLink": "查看文档。",
-    "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.refreshLabel": "刷新索引",
-    "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.refreshTooltip": "刷新影响的分片以使此操作对搜索可见。",
     "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.resetDefaultIndexLabel": "重置默认索引",
     "xpack.stackConnectors.components.index.selectMessageText": "将数据索引到 Elasticsearch 中。",
     "xpack.stackConnectors.components.jira.apiTokenTextFieldLabel": "API 令牌",