# pip install "pinecone[grpc]"
from pinecone.grpc import PineconeGRPC as Pinecone

pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
pc.delete_index(name="docs-example")

// npm install @pinecone-database/pinecone
import { Pinecone } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone'

const pc = new Pinecone({
  apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY'
});

await pc.deleteIndex('docs-example');

import io.pinecone.clients.Pinecone;

public class DeleteIndexExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Pinecone pc = new Pinecone.Builder("YOUR_API_KEY").build();
        pc.deleteIndex("docs-example");
    }
}

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"

    "github.com/pinecone-io/go-pinecone/v4/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)
    }

    indexName := "docs-example"

    err = pc.DeleteIndex(ctx, indexName)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to delete index: %v", err)
    } else {
        fmt.Println("Index \"%v\" deleted successfully", indexName)
    }
}

using Pinecone;

var pinecone = new PineconeClient("YOUR_API_KEY");
await pinecone.DeleteIndexAsync("docs-example");

PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/indexes/docs-example" \
     -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
     -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-04"

# Target the project that contains the index
pc target -o "example-org" -p "example-project"
# Delete the index.
pc index delete --index-name "docs-example"