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Delete a collection

Serverless indexes do not support collections.

Python
# pip install "pinecone[grpc]"
from pinecone.grpc import PineconeGRPC as Pinecone

pc = Pinecone(api_key='API_KEY')
pc.delete_collection("example-collection")
JavaScript
// npm install @pinecone-database/pinecone
import { Pinecone } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone'

const pc = new Pinecone({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' })

await pc.deleteCollection("example-collection");
Java
import io.pinecone.clients.Pinecone;

public class DeleteCollectionExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Pinecone pc = new Pinecone.Builder("YOUR_API_KEY").build();
        pc.deleteCollection("example-collection");
    }
}
curl
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

curl -i -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/collections/example-collection" \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2024-04"

DELETE /collections/{collection_name}

  • collection_name (path, string, required) — The name of the collection.
  • 202 — The collection has been successfully deleted.
  • 401
  • 404
  • 500
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