Before deleting a project, you must delete all indexes, assistants, backups, and collections associated with the project. Other project resources, such as API keys, are automatically deleted when the project is deleted.

```bash curl theme={null}
PINECONE_PROJECT_ID="32c8235a-5220-4a80-a9f1-69c24109e6f2"
PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/projects/$PINECONE_PROJECT_ID" \
     -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-04" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN"
```

```bash CLI theme={null}
PINECONE_PROJECT_ID="32c8235a-5220-4a80-a9f1-69c24109e6f2"

# Target the organization that contains the project.
pc target -o "example-org" 
# Delete the project. Use --skip-confirmation to skip 
# the confirmation prompt.
pc project delete -i $PINECONE_PROJECT_ID
```

```text curl theme={null}
No response payload
```

```text CLI theme={null}
[WARN] This will delete the project example-project in organization Pinecone Mesh.
[WARN] This action cannot be undone.
Do you want to continue? (y/N): y
[INFO] You chose to continue delete.
[SUCCESS] Project example-project deleted.
```

**DELETE** `/admin/projects/{project_id}`

:::code-group
```bash title="cURL"
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.pinecone.io/admin/projects/{project_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
```

```json title="401"
{
  "error": {
    "code": "QUOTA_EXCEEDED",
    "message": "The index exceeds the project quota of 5 pods by 2 pods. Upgrade your account or change the project settings to increase the quota."
  },
  "status": 429
}
```
:::

## Authorizations

- `Authorization` (header, string, required) — Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer <token>`.

## Path Parameters

- `project_id` (path, string, required) — Project ID

## Response

- `202` — Project deletion request accepted.
- `401` — Unauthorized. Possible causes: Invalid API key.
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not found
- `500` — Internal server error.
- `4XX` — Unexpected error on request.

## Related pages

- [List projects](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-projects-list-projects.md)
- [Create a new project](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-projects-create-a-new-project.md)
- [Get project details](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-projects-get-project-details.md)
- [Delete a project](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-projects-delete-a-project.md)
- [Update a project](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-projects-update-a-project.md)
- [Create a new project](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-create-project.md)
- [List projects](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-list-projects.md)
- [Get project details](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-fetch-project.md)
- [Update a project](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-update-project.md)
- [Delete a project](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-delete-project.md)

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