> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pinecone.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Delete a backup
> Delete a backup.
```python Python theme={null}
from pinecone import Pinecone
pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
pc.delete_backup(backup_id="9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da")
```
```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
import { Pinecone } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone';
const pc = new Pinecone({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' })
await pc.deleteBackup('9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da');
```
```java Java theme={null}
import io.pinecone.clients.Pinecone;
import org.openapitools.db_control.client.ApiException;
import org.openapitools.db_control.client.model.*;
public class CreateBackup {
public static void main(String[] args) throws ApiException {
Pinecone pc = new Pinecone.Builder("YOUR_API_KEY").build();
pc.deleteBackup("9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da");
}
}
```
```go Go theme={null}
package main
import (
"context"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"log"
"github.com/pinecone-io/go-pinecone/v4/pinecone"
)
func prettifyStruct(obj interface{}) string {
bytes, _ := json.MarshalIndent(obj, "", " ")
return string(bytes)
}
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)
}
err = pc.DeleteBackup(ctx, "8c85e612-ed1c-4f97-9f8c-8194e07bcf71")
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Failed to delete backup: %v", err)
} else {
fmt.Println("Backup deleted successfully")
}
}
```
```csharp C# theme={null}
using Pinecone;
var pinecone = new PineconeClient("PINECONE_API_KEY");
await pinecone.Backups.DeleteAsync("9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da");
```
```bash curl theme={null}
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
BACKUP_ID="9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da"
curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/backups/$BACKUP_ID" \
-H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-04"
```
## OpenAPI
````yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pinecone-io/pinecone-api/refs/heads/main/2025-04/db_control_2025-04.oas.yaml delete /backups/{backup_id}
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
title: Pinecone Control Plane API
description: >-
Pinecone is a vector database that makes it easy to search and retrieve
billions of high-dimensional vectors.
contact:
name: Pinecone Support
url: https://support.pinecone.io
email: support@pinecone.io
license:
name: Apache 2.0
url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
version: 2025-04
servers:
- url: https://api.pinecone.io
description: Production API endpoints
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Manage Indexes
description: Actions that manage indexes
externalDocs:
description: More Pinecone.io API docs
url: https://docs.pinecone.io/introduction
paths:
/backups/{backup_id}:
delete:
tags:
- Manage Indexes
summary: Delete a backup
description: Delete a backup.
operationId: delete_backup
parameters:
- in: path
name: backup_id
description: The ID of the backup to delete.
required: true
schema:
type: string
example: 670e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
style: simple
responses:
'202':
description: The request to delete the backup has been accepted.
'401':
description: 'Unauthorized. Possible causes: Invalid API key.'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
examples:
unauthorized:
summary: Unauthorized
value:
error:
code: UNAUTHENTICATED
message: Invalid API key.
status: 401
'404':
description: Backup not found.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
examples:
backup-not-found:
summary: Backup not found
value:
error:
code: NOT_FOUND
message: Backup bkp_123abc not found.
status: 404
'412':
description: There is a pending restore job created from this backup.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
examples:
pending-restore:
summary: There is a pending restore job from this backup.
value:
error:
code: FAILED_PRECONDITION
message: >-
Unable to delete backup. There are pending restore jobs
for this backup:
['670e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000']
status: 412
'500':
description: Internal server error.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
examples:
internal-server-error:
summary: Internal server error
value:
error:
code: UNKNOWN
message: Internal server error
status: 500
components:
schemas:
ErrorResponse:
example:
error:
code: QUOTA_EXCEEDED
message: >-
The index exceeds the project quota of 5 pods by 2 pods. Upgrade
your account or change the project settings to increase the quota.
status: 429
description: The response shape used for all error responses.
type: object
properties:
status:
example: 500
description: The HTTP status code of the error.
type: integer
error:
example:
code: INVALID_ARGUMENT
message: >-
Index name must contain only lowercase alphanumeric characters or
hyphens, and must not begin or end with a hyphen.
description: Detailed information about the error that occurred.
type: object
properties:
code:
type: string
enum:
- OK
- UNKNOWN
- INVALID_ARGUMENT
- DEADLINE_EXCEEDED
- QUOTA_EXCEEDED
- NOT_FOUND
- ALREADY_EXISTS
- PERMISSION_DENIED
- UNAUTHENTICATED
- RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED
- FAILED_PRECONDITION
- ABORTED
- OUT_OF_RANGE
- UNIMPLEMENTED
- INTERNAL
- UNAVAILABLE
- DATA_LOSS
- FORBIDDEN
- UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY
- PAYMENT_REQUIRED
message:
example: >-
Index name must contain only lowercase alphanumeric characters
or hyphens, and must not begin or end with a hyphen.
type: string
details:
description: >-
Additional information about the error. This field is not
guaranteed to be present.
type: object
required:
- code
- message
required:
- status
- error
securitySchemes:
ApiKeyAuth:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: Api-Key
description: >-
An API Key is required to call Pinecone APIs. Get yours from the
[console](https://app.pinecone.io/).
````