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DELETE
/
admin
/
projects
/
{project_id}
PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
PROJECT_ID="YOUR_PROJECT_ID"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/projects/$PROJECT_ID" \
	-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-04" \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN"

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
    "message": "Invalid API key."
  },
  "status": 401
}
{
  "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
}
{
  "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
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNKNOWN",
    "message": "Internal server error"
  },
  "status": 500
}
{
  "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
}
PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
PROJECT_ID="YOUR_PROJECT_ID"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/projects/$PROJECT_ID" \
	-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-04" \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN"

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

An access token must be provided in the Authorization header using the Bearer scheme.

Headers

​
X-Pinecone-Api-Version
string
default:2026-04
required

Required date-based version header

Path Parameters

​
project_id
string<uuid>
required

Project ID

Response

Project deletion request accepted.