Delete records
This page shows you how to delete records from an index namespace.
Delete records by ID
Since Pinecone records can always be efficiently accessed using their ID, deleting by ID is the most efficient way to remove specific records from a namespace.
To remove records from the default namespace, specify "__default__"
as the namespace in your request.
Delete records by metadata
To delete records from a namespace based on their metadata values, pass a metadata filter expression to the delete
operation. This deletes all records in the namespace that match the filter expression.
For example, the following code deletes all records with a genre
field set to documentary
from namespace example-namespace
:
Delete all records in a namespace
To delete all of the records in a namespace but not the namespace itself, provide a namespace
parameter and specify the appropriate deleteAll
parameter for your SDK. To target the default namespace, set namespace
to "__default__"
.
Delete an entire namespace
To delete an entire namespace and all of its records, see Delete a namespace.
Delete an entire index
To remove all records from an index, delete the index and recreate it.
Data freshness
Pinecone is eventually consistent, so there can be a slight delay before new or changed records are visible to queries. You can view index stats to check data freshness.