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      • GETGet collection details
      • PUTCreate a collection
      • DELDelete a collection
      • PATCHUpdate collection parameters
      • GETList all collections
      • GETCheck collection existence
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Delete a collection

DELETE
/collections/:collection_name
DELETE
/collections/:collection_name
$curl  -X DELETE \
>  'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name' \
>  --header 'api-key: <api-key-value>'
200Deleted
1{
2  "usage": {
3    "cpu": 1,
4    "io_read": 1,
5    "io_write": 1
6  },
7  "time": 0.002,
8  "status": "ok",
9  "result": true
10}
Drops the specified collection and all associated data in it.
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Authentication

api-keystring
API Key authentication via header

Path parameters

collection_namestringRequired
Name of the collection to delete

Query parameters

timeoutintegerOptional

Wait for operation commit timeout in seconds. If timeout is reached - request will return with service error.

Response

successful operation
usageobject or any
timedouble
Time spent to process this request
statusstring
resultboolean