Delete vectors
For guidance and examples, see Delete data.
# pip install "pinecone[grpc]"
from pinecone.grpc import PineconeGRPC as Pinecone
pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
index = pc.Index("docs-example")
index.delete(ids=["id-1", "id-2"], namespace='example-namespace')import { Pinecone } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone'
const pc = new Pinecone({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' })
const index = pc.index('docs-example')
const ns = index.namespace('example-namespace')
// Delete one record by ID.
await ns.deleteOne('id-1');
// Delete more than one record by ID.
await ns.deleteMany(['id-2', 'id-3']);import io.pinecone.clients.Index;
import io.pinecone.clients.Pinecone;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
public class DeleteVectorsExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Pinecone pc = new Pinecone.Builder("YOUR_API_KEY").build();
Index index = pc.getIndexConnection("docs-example");
List<String> ids = Arrays.asList("id-1 ", "id-2");
index.deleteByIds(ids, "example-namespace");
}
}PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
INDEX_HOST="INDEX_HOST"
curl "https://$INDEX_HOST/vectors/delete" \
-H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2024-04" \
-d '{
"ids": [
"id-1",
"id-2"
],
"namespace": "example-namespace"
}
'{}POST /vectors/delete
curl --request POST \
--url https://{index_host}/vectors/delete \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
"ids": [
"id-0",
"id-1"
],
"deleteAll": false,
"namespace": "example-namespace",
"filter": {}
}'{}Authorizations
Section titled “Authorizations”Authorization(header, string, required) — Bearer authentication header of the formBearer <token>.
ids(body, string[]) — Vectors to delete.deleteAll(body, boolean) — This indicates that all vectors in the index namespace should be deleted.namespace(body, string) — The namespace to delete vectors from, if applicable.filter(body, object) — If specified, the metadata filter here will be used to select the vectors to delete. This is mutually exclusive with specifying ids to delete in the ids param or using delete_all=True. See Delete data.
Response
Section titled “Response”200— A successful response.default— An unexpected error response.