Delete points

POST

Deletes specified points from the collection.

Path parameters

collection_namestringRequired

Name of the collection to delete from

Query parameters

waitbooleanOptional

If true, wait for changes to actually happen

orderingenumOptional

define ordering guarantees for the operation

Allowed values: weakmediumstrong

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

Point Ids Listobject

Filter Selectorobject

Response

successful operation

timedoubleOptional

Time spent to process this request

statusstringOptional

resultobjectOptional

POST

1 # Delete points by IDs
2 curl  -X POST \
3   'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/points/delete' \
4   --header 'api-key: <api-key-value>' \
5   --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
6   --data-raw '{
7   "points": [
8     0,
9     3,
10     100
11   ]
12 }'
13 
14 # Delete points by filter 
15 curl  -X POST \
16   'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/points/delete' \
17   --header 'api-key: <api-key-value>' \
18   --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
19   --data-raw '{
20   "filter": {
21     "must": [
22       {
23         "key": "color",
24         "match": {
25           "value": "red"
26         }
27       }
28     ]
29   }
30 }'

200Successful

1 {
2   "time": 0.002,
3   "status": "ok",
4   "result": {
5     "status": "acknowledged",
6     "operation_id": 1000000
7   }
8 }

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1	# Delete points by IDs
2	curl -X POST \
3	'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/points/delete' \
4	--header 'api-key: <api-key-value>' \
5	--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
6	--data-raw '{
7	"points": [
8	0,
9	3,
10	100
11	]
12	}'
13
14	# Delete points by filter
15	curl -X POST \
16	'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/points/delete' \
17	--header 'api-key: <api-key-value>' \
18	--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
19	--data-raw '{
20	"filter": {
21	"must": [
22	{
23	"key": "color",
24	"match": {
25	"value": "red"
26	}
27	}
28	]
29	}
30	}'

1	{
2	"time": 0.002,
3	"status": "ok",
4	"result": {
5	"status": "acknowledged",
6	"operation_id": 1000000
7	}
8	}