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PATCH
/
admin
/
projects
/
{project_id}
PINECONE_PROJECT_ID="32c8235a-5220-4a80-a9f1-69c24109e6f2"
PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"

curl -X PATCH "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/projects/$PINECONE_PROJECT_ID" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
     -H "accept: application/json" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-04" \
     -d '{ "name": "new-project-name" }'

{
  "id": "32c8235a-5220-4a80-a9f1-69c24109e6f2",
  "name": "new-project-name",
  "max_pods": 5,
  "force_encryption_with_cmek": false,
  "organization_id": "-NM7af6f234168c4e44a",
  "created_at": "2025-10-20T20:19:51.448431Z"
}

PINECONE_PROJECT_ID="32c8235a-5220-4a80-a9f1-69c24109e6f2"
PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"

curl -X PATCH "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/projects/$PINECONE_PROJECT_ID" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
     -H "accept: application/json" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-04" \
     -d '{ "name": "new-project-name" }'

{
  "id": "32c8235a-5220-4a80-a9f1-69c24109e6f2",
  "name": "new-project-name",
  "max_pods": 5,
  "force_encryption_with_cmek": false,
  "organization_id": "-NM7af6f234168c4e44a",
  "created_at": "2025-10-20T20:19:51.448431Z"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

An access token must be provided in the Authorization header using the Bearer scheme.

Path Parameters

​
project_id
string<uuid>
required

Project ID

Body

application/json

Project details to be updated. Fields that are omitted will not be updated.

​
name
string

The name of the new project.

Required string length: 1 - 512
Example:

"chatbot-prod"

​
max_pods
integer

The maximum number of Pods that can be created in the project.

​
force_encryption_with_cmek
boolean

Whether to force encryption with a customer-managed encryption key (CMEK). Once enabled, CMEK encryption cannot be disabled.

Response

The project was successfully updated.

The details of a project.

​
id
string<uuid>
required

The unique ID of the project.

​
name
string
required

The name of the project.

Required string length: 1 - 512
​
max_pods
integer
required

The maximum number of Pods that can be created in the project.

​
force_encryption_with_cmek
boolean
required

Whether to force encryption with a customer-managed encryption key (CMEK).

​
organization_id
string
required

The unique ID of the organization that the project belongs to.

​
created_at
string<date-time>

The date and time when the project was created.