# Return all vectors in an index

Pinecone is designed to find vectors that are similar to a given set of conditions, either by comparing a new vector to the ones in the index or by comparing a vector in the index to all of the others using the [query by ID feature](/guides/database-2026-07-data-plane-query). Because the Pinecone query function relies on performing this similarity search, there isn't a way to return all of the vectors currently stored in the index with a single query.

To work through every record in a serverless index instead, [list the record IDs](/guides/manage-data-list-record-ids) in a namespace and [fetch](/guides/manage-data-fetch-data) them in batches. For a static copy of a whole index rather than a query, [create a backup](/guides/manage-data-back-up-an-index).

## Related pages

- [Account management](./account-management-index.md)
- [Admin](./admin-2-index.md)
- [Admin](./admin-index.md)
- [APIs](./apis-index.md)
- [Architecture](./architecture-index.md)
- [Assistants](./assistants-index.md)
- [Bring Your Own Cloud](./bring-your-own-cloud-index.md)
- [Build an assistant](./build-an-assistant-index.md)
- [Build an integration](./build-an-integration-index.md)
- [Changelog](./changelog-index.md)

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