Delete a collection - Pinecone Docs

from pinecone import Pinecone

pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

pc.delete_collection("example-collection")

DELETE

collections

{collection_name}

from pinecone import Pinecone

pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

pc.delete_collection("example-collection")

from pinecone import Pinecone

pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

pc.delete_collection("example-collection")

Api-Key

string

header

required

An API Key is required to call Pinecone APIs. Get yours from the console.

X-Pinecone-Api-Version

string

default:2026-01.alpha

required

Required date-based version header

collection_name

string

required

The name of the collection.

The collection has been successfully deleted.

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