Delete vectors

POST

Deletes specified vectors from points. All other unspecified vectors will stay intact.

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.

vectorlist of stringsRequired

Vector names

pointslist of integers or stringsOptional

Deletes values from each point in this list

filterobject or anyOptional

Deletes values from points that satisfy this filter condition

shard_keystring or integer or list of strings or integers or anyOptional

Response

This endpoint returns an object.

usageobject or anyOptional

timedoubleOptional

Time spent to process this request

statusstringOptional

resultobjectOptional

POST

1 # Delete vectors by ID
2 curl  -X POST \
3   'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/points/vectors/delete' \
4   --header 'api-key: <api-key-value>' \
5   --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
6   --data-raw '{
7   "points": [
8     0,
9     3,
10     10
11   ],
12   "vectors": [
13     "text",
14     "image"
15   ]
16 }'
17 
18 # Delete vectors by filter
19 curl  -X POST \
20   'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/points/vectors/delete' \
21   --header 'api-key: <api-key-value>' \
22   --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
23   --data-raw '{
24   "filter": {
25     "must": [
26       {
27         "key": "color",
28         "match": {
29           "value": "red"
30         }
31       }
32     ]
33   },
34   "vectors": [
35     "text",
36     "image"
37   ]
38 }'

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 vectors by ID
2	curl -X POST \
3	'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/points/vectors/delete' \
4	--header 'api-key: <api-key-value>' \
5	--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
6	--data-raw '{
7	"points": [
8	0,
9	3,
10	10
11	],
12	"vectors": [
13	"text",
14	"image"
15	]
16	}'
17
18	# Delete vectors by filter
19	curl -X POST \
20	'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/points/vectors/delete' \
21	--header 'api-key: <api-key-value>' \
22	--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
23	--data-raw '{
24	"filter": {
25	"must": [
26	{
27	"key": "color",
28	"match": {
29	"value": "red"
30	}
31	}
32	]
33	},
34	"vectors": [
35	"text",
36	"image"
37	]
38	}'

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	}