# pip install "pinecone[grpc]"
from pinecone.grpc import PineconeGRPC as Pinecone
pc = Pinecone(api_key='API_KEY')
pc.delete_collection("example-collection")
// npm install @pinecone-database/pinecone
import { Pinecone } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone'
const pc = new Pinecone({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' })
await pc.deleteCollection("example-collection");
import io.pinecone.clients.Pinecone;
public class DeleteCollectionExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Pinecone pc = new Pinecone.Builder("YOUR_API_KEY").build();
pc.deleteCollection("example-collection");
}
}
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
curl -i -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/collections/example-collection" \
-H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2024-04"
{
"status": 401,
"error": {
"code": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
"message": "Invalid API key."
}
}{
"status": 404,
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "Collection example-collection not found."
}
}{
"status": 500,
"error": {
"code": "UNKNOWN",
"message": "Internal server error"
}
}Backups
Delete a collection
This operation deletes an existing collection.
Serverless indexes do not support collections.
DELETE
/
collections
/
{collection_name}
# pip install "pinecone[grpc]"
from pinecone.grpc import PineconeGRPC as Pinecone
pc = Pinecone(api_key='API_KEY')
pc.delete_collection("example-collection")
// npm install @pinecone-database/pinecone
import { Pinecone } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone'
const pc = new Pinecone({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' })
await pc.deleteCollection("example-collection");
import io.pinecone.clients.Pinecone;
public class DeleteCollectionExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Pinecone pc = new Pinecone.Builder("YOUR_API_KEY").build();
pc.deleteCollection("example-collection");
}
}
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
curl -i -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/collections/example-collection" \
-H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2024-04"
{
"status": 401,
"error": {
"code": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
"message": "Invalid API key."
}
}{
"status": 404,
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "Collection example-collection not found."
}
}{
"status": 500,
"error": {
"code": "UNKNOWN",
"message": "Internal server error"
}
}# pip install "pinecone[grpc]"
from pinecone.grpc import PineconeGRPC as Pinecone
pc = Pinecone(api_key='API_KEY')
pc.delete_collection("example-collection")
// npm install @pinecone-database/pinecone
import { Pinecone } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone'
const pc = new Pinecone({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' })
await pc.deleteCollection("example-collection");
import io.pinecone.clients.Pinecone;
public class DeleteCollectionExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Pinecone pc = new Pinecone.Builder("YOUR_API_KEY").build();
pc.deleteCollection("example-collection");
}
}
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
curl -i -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/collections/example-collection" \
-H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2024-04"
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