# Delete a backup

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

pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

pc.delete_backup(backup_id="9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da")
```

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

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

await pc.deleteBackup('9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da');
```

```java Java theme={null}
import io.pinecone.clients.Pinecone;
import org.openapitools.db_control.client.ApiException;
import org.openapitools.db_control.client.model.*;

public class CreateBackup {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws ApiException {
        Pinecone pc = new Pinecone.Builder("YOUR_API_KEY").build();

        pc.deleteBackup("9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da");
    }
}
```

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

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/pinecone-io/go-pinecone/v4/pinecone"
)

func prettifyStruct(obj interface{}) string {
	bytes, _ := json.MarshalIndent(obj, "", "  ")
	return string(bytes)
}

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)
	}

	err = pc.DeleteBackup(ctx, "8c85e612-ed1c-4f97-9f8c-8194e07bcf71")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to delete backup: %v", err)
	} else {
		fmt.Println("Backup deleted successfully")
	}
}
```

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

var pinecone = new PineconeClient("PINECONE_API_KEY");

await pinecone.Backups.DeleteAsync("9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da");
```

```bash curl theme={null}
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
BACKUP_ID="9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/backups/$BACKUP_ID" \
     -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
     -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-04"
```

`DELETE /backups/{backup_id}`

:::code-group
```bash title="cURL"
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.pinecone.io/backups/{backup_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

- `backup_id` (path, string, required) — The ID of the backup to delete.

## Response

- `202` — The request to delete the backup has been accepted.
- `401` — Unauthorized. Possible causes: Invalid API key.
- `404` — Backup not found.
- `412` — There is a pending restore job created from this backup.
- `500` — Internal server error.

## Related pages

- [Create a backup of an index](./database-2026-07-control-plane-create-backup.md)
- [List backups for all indexes in a project](./database-2026-07-control-plane-list-project-backups.md)
- [List backups for an index](./database-2026-07-control-plane-list-index-backups.md)
- [Describe a backup](./database-2026-07-control-plane-describe-backup.md)
- [Delete a backup](./database-2026-07-control-plane-delete-backup.md)
- [Create an index from a backup](./database-2026-07-control-plane-create-index-from-backup.md)
- [List restore jobs](./database-2026-07-control-plane-list-restore-jobs.md)
- [Describe a restore job](./database-2026-07-control-plane-describe-restore-job.md)
- [List collections](./database-2026-07-control-plane-list-collections.md)
- [Create a collection](./database-2026-07-control-plane-create-collection.md)

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