# Delete a workspace

`DELETE /workspaces/{workspace_name}`

:::code-group
```bash title="cURL"
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.pinecone.io/workspaces/{workspace_name} \
  --header 'Api-Key: <api-key>' \
  --header 'X-Pinecone-Api-Version: <x-pinecone-api-version>'
```

```python title="Python"
import requests

url = "https://api.pinecone.io/workspaces/{workspace_name}"

headers = {
    "Api-Key": "<api-key>",
    "X-Pinecone-Api-Version": "<x-pinecone-api-version>"
}

response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
```

```javascript title="JavaScript"
const options = {method: "DELETE", headers: {"Api-Key": "<api-key>", "X-Pinecone-Api-Version": "<x-pinecone-api-version>"}};

fetch("https://api.pinecone.io/workspaces/{workspace_name}", options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
```

```php title="PHP"
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.pinecone.io/workspaces/{workspace_name}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Api-Key: <api-key>",
    "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: <x-pinecone-api-version>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
```

```go title="Go"
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.pinecone.io/workspaces/{workspace_name}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Api-Key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("X-Pinecone-Api-Version", "<x-pinecone-api-version>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```java title="Java"
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.pinecone.io/workspaces/{workspace_name}")
  .header("Api-Key", "<api-key>")
  .header("X-Pinecone-Api-Version", "<x-pinecone-api-version>")
  .asString();
```

```ruby title="Ruby"
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.pinecone.io/workspaces/{workspace_name}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Api-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["X-Pinecone-Api-Version"] = '<x-pinecone-api-version>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```
:::

:::code-group
```json title="401"
{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
    "message": "Invalid API key."
  },
  "status": 401
}
```

```json title="403"
{
  "error": {
    "code": "FORBIDDEN",
    "message": "This project has reached its workspace limit. Delete an existing workspace or contact support to raise the limit."
  },
  "status": 403
}
```

```json title="404"
{
  "error": {
    "code": "NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "Workspace example-workspace not found."
  },
  "status": 404
}
```

```json title="500"
{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNKNOWN",
    "message": "Internal server error"
  },
  "status": 500
}
```
:::

#### Authorizations

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Api-Key` | `string` | - |  |

An API Key is required to call Pinecone APIs. Get yours from the [console](https://app.pinecone.io/).

#### Headers

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `X-Pinecone-Api-Version` | `string` | `2026-07` | Required date-based version header |

#### Path Parameters

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `workspace_name` | `string` | - | The name of the workspace to delete. Required string length: 1 - 45. Example: example-workspace |

#### Response

`202` — The request to delete the workspace has been accepted.

## Related pages

- [List workspaces](./control-plane-list-workspaces.md)
- [Create a workspace](./control-plane-create-a-workspace.md)
- [Describe a workspace](./control-plane-describe-a-workspace.md)

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