For guidance and examples, see [Import data](/guides/index-data-import-data).

:::callout{intent="note"}
This feature is in [public preview](/guides/changelog-feature-availability) and available only on [Standard and Enterprise plans](https://www.pinecone.io/pricing/).
:::

```python Python theme={null}
from pinecone import Pinecone

pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

# To get the unique host for an index, 
# see https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/manage-data/target-an-index
index = pc.Index(host="INDEX_HOST")

index.cancel_import(id="101")
```

```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
import { Pinecone } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone';

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

// To get the unique host for an index, 
// see https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/manage-data/target-an-index
const index = pc.index("INDEX_NAME", "INDEX_HOST")

await index.cancelImport(id='101');
```

```java Java theme={null}
import io.pinecone.clients.Pinecone;
import io.pinecone.clients.AsyncIndex;
import org.openapitools.db_data.client.ApiException;

public class CancelImport {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws ApiException {
        // Initialize a Pinecone client with your API key
        Pinecone pinecone = new Pinecone.Builder("YOUR_API_KEY").build();

        // Get async imports connection object
        AsyncIndex asyncIndex = pinecone.getAsyncIndexConnection("docs-example");

        // Cancel import
        asyncIndex.cancelImport("2");
    }
}
```

```go Go theme={null}
package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"

    "github.com/pinecone-io/go-pinecone/v3/pinecone"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()

    pc, err := pinecone.NewClient(pinecone.NewClientParams{
        ApiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to create Client: %v", err)
    }

    // To get the unique host for an index, 
    // see https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/manage-data/target-an-index
    idxConnection, err := pc.Index(pinecone.NewIndexConnParams{Host: "INDEX_HOST"})
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to create IndexConnection for Host: %v", err)
  	}

    importID := "101"

    err = idxConnection.CancelImport(ctx, importID)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to cancel import: %s", importID)
    }

    importDesc, err := idxConnection.DescribeImport(ctx, importID)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to describe import: %s - %v", importID, err)
    }
}
```

```csharp C# theme={null}
using Pinecone;

var pinecone = new PineconeClient("YOUR_API_KEY");

// To get the unique host for an index, 
// see https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/manage-data/target-an-index
var index = pinecone.Index(host: "INDEX_HOST");

var cancelResponse = await index.CancelBulkImportAsync("101");
```

```bash curl theme={null}
# To get the unique host for an index,
# see https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/manage-data/target-an-index
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
INDEX_HOST="INDEX_HOST"

curl -X DELETE "https://{INDEX_HOST}/bulk/imports/101" \
  -H 'Api-Key: $YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-01"
```

```json curl theme={null}
{}
```

`DELETE /bulk/imports/{id}`

:::code-group
```bash title="cURL"
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://{index_host}/bulk/imports/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
```

```json title="200"
{}
```
:::

## Authorizations

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

## Path Parameters

- `id` (path, string, required) — Unique identifier for the import operation.

## Response

- `200` — Operation cancelled successfully
- `400` — Bad request. The request body included invalid request parameters.
- `4XX` — An unexpected error response.
- `5XX` — An unexpected error response.

## Related pages

- [Start import](./database-2026-07-data-plane-start-import.md)
- [List imports](./database-2026-07-data-plane-list-imports.md)
- [Describe an import](./database-2026-07-data-plane-describe-import.md)
- [Cancel an import](./database-2026-07-data-plane-cancel-import.md)
- [Start import](./database-2026-04-data-plane-start-import.md)
- [List imports](./database-2026-04-data-plane-list-imports.md)
- [Describe an import](./database-2026-04-data-plane-describe-import.md)
- [Cancel an import](./database-2026-04-data-plane-cancel-import.md)
- [Start import](./database-2025-10-data-plane-start-import.md)
- [List imports](./database-2025-10-data-plane-list-imports.md)

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