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

This endpoint returns an object.

usageobject or anyOptional

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   "usage": {
3     "cpu": 1,
4     "io_read": 1,
5     "io_write": 1
6   },
7   "time": 0.002,
8   "status": "ok",
9   "result": {
10     "status": "acknowledged",
11     "operation_id": 1
12   }
13 }

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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	"usage": {
3	"cpu": 1,
4	"io_read": 1,
5	"io_write": 1
6	},
7	"time": 0.002,
8	"status": "ok",
9	"result": {
10	"status": "acknowledged",
11	"operation_id": 1
12	}
13	}