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Delete vectors

The delete operation deletes vectors, by id, from a single namespace.

For guidance and examples, see Delete data.

Python
# 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')
JavaScript
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']);
Java
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");
    }
}
Go
package main

import (
    "context"
    "log"

    "github.com/pinecone-io/go-pinecone/v2/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)
    }

    idx, err := pc.DescribeIndex(ctx, "docs-example")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to describe index \"%v\": %v", idx.Name, err)
    }

    idxConnection, err := pc.Index(pinecone.NewIndexConnParams{Host: idx.Host, Namespace: "example-namespace"})
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to create IndexConnection for Host %v: %v", idx.Host, err)
    }

    id1 := "id-1"
    id2 := "id-2"

    err = idxConnection.DeleteVectorsByID(ctx, []string{id1, id2})
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to delete vector with ID %v: %v", id, err)
    }
}
C#
using Pinecone;

var pinecone = new PineconeClient("YOUR_API_KEY");

var index = pinecone.Index("docs-example");

var deleteResponse = await index.DeleteAsync(new DeleteRequest {
    Ids = new List<string> { "id-1", "id-2" },
    Namespace = "example-namespace",
});
curl
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: 2024-07" \
  -d '{
    "ids": [
      "id-1", 
      "id-2"
    ],
    "namespace": "example-namespace"
  }
'
curl
{}

POST /vectors/delete

Api-Keystringrequired

An API Key is required to call Pinecone APIs. Get yours from the console.

ids?string[]

Vectors to delete.

Required string length: 1 - 1000

Typestring[]
deleteAll?boolean

This indicates that all vectors in the index namespace should be deleted.

Example: false

Typeboolean
Defaultfalse
namespace?string

The namespace to delete vectors from, if applicable.

Example: example-namespace

Typestring
filter?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.

200 — A successful response.

response?object

The response for the Delete operation.

Typeobject
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