Delete an index - Pinecone Docs

from pinecone import Pinecone

pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

pc.delete_index(name="docs-example")

DELETE

indexes

{index_name}

from pinecone import Pinecone

pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

pc.delete_index(name="docs-example")

from pinecone import Pinecone

pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

pc.delete_index(name="docs-example")

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

index_name

string

required

The name of the index to delete.

The request to delete the index has been accepted.

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