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Delete an assistant

Delete an existing assistant.

For guidance and examples, see Manage assistants

curl
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
ASSISTANT_NAME="example-assistant"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/assistant/assistants/$ASSISTANT_NAME" \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-04"

DELETE /assistants/{assistant_name}

401
{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
    "message": "Invalid API key."
  },
  "status": 401
}
404
{
  "error": {
    "code": "NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "Assistant \"example-assistant\" not found."
  },
  "status": 404
}
500
{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNKNOWN",
    "message": "Internal server error"
  },
  "status": 500
}
Api-Keystringrequired

Pinecone API Key

Typestring
X-Pinecone-Api-Versionstringrequired

Required date-based version header

Typestring
Default2026-04
assistant_namestringrequired

The name of the assistant to delete.

Typestring

200 — The request to delete the assistant has been accepted.

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