Delete a backup

PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
BACKUP_ID="9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/backups/$BACKUP_ID" \
    -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
    -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-07"

{
  "error": {
    "code": "PERMISSION_DENIED",
    "message": "Access denied: Permission control::backups::list is required"
  },
  "status": 403
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "Backup bkp_123abc not found."
  },
  "status": 404
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNKNOWN",
    "message": "Internal server error"
  },
  "status": 500
}