Delete an assistant - Pinecone Docs

PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
ASSISTANT_NAME="example-assistant"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/assistant/assistants/$ASSISTANT_NAME" \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \ 
  -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-10" 

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
    "message": "Invalid API key."
  },
  "status": 401
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "Assistant \"example-assistant\" not found."
  },
  "status": 404
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNKNOWN",
    "message": "Internal server error"
  },
  "status": 500
}

DELETE

assistants

{assistant_name}

PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
ASSISTANT_NAME="example-assistant"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/assistant/assistants/$ASSISTANT_NAME" \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \ 
  -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-10" 

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
    "message": "Invalid API key."
  },
  "status": 401
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "Assistant \"example-assistant\" not found."
  },
  "status": 404
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNKNOWN",
    "message": "Internal server error"
  },
  "status": 500
}

PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
ASSISTANT_NAME="example-assistant"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/assistant/assistants/$ASSISTANT_NAME" \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \ 
  -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-10" 

Authorizations

Api-Key

string

header

required

Pinecone API Key

Headers

X-Pinecone-Api-Version

string

default:2025-10

required

Required date-based version header

Path Parameters

assistant_name

string

required

The name of the assistant to delete.

Response

The request to delete the assistant has been accepted.

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