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DELETE
/
indexes
/
{index_name}
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

curl -i -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/indexes/docs-example" \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-04"

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pinecone.io/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

curl -i -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/indexes/docs-example" \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-04"

Authorizations

​
Api-Key
string
header
required

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

Headers

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

Required date-based version header

Path Parameters

​
index_name
string
required

The name of the index to delete.

Response

The request to delete the index has been accepted.