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/).
:::

:::code-group
```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: $PINECONE_API_KEY' \
  -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-10"
```
:::

:::code-group
```json curl theme={null}
{}
```
:::

`DELETE /bulk/imports/{id}`

#### Authorizations

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Api-Key` | `string` | - |  |

An API Key is required to call Pinecone APIs. Get yours from the [console](https://app.pinecone.io/).

#### Headers

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `X-Pinecone-Api-Version` | `string` | `2025-10` | Required date-based version header |

#### Path Parameters

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | - | Unique identifier for the import operation. Required string length: 1 - 1000 |

#### Response

`200` — Operation cancelled successfully

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `response?` | `object` | - | The response for the cancel_import operation. |

## 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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