Delete vectors | Qdrant | API Reference

# Delete vectors by ID
curl  -X POST \
  'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/points/vectors/delete' \
  --header 'api-key: <api-key-value>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "points": [
    0,
    3,
    10
  ],
  "vectors": [
    "text",
    "image"
  ]
}'
# Delete vectors by filter
curl  -X POST \
  'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/points/vectors/delete' \
  --header 'api-key: <api-key-value>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "filter": {
    "must": [
      {
        "key": "color",
        "match": {
          "value": "red"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "vectors": [
    "text",
    "image"
  ]
}'

{
  "usage": {
    "hardware": {
      "cpu": 1,
      "payload_index_io_read": 1,
      "payload_index_io_write": 1,
      "payload_io_read": 1,
      "payload_io_write": 1,
      "vector_io_read": 1,
      "vector_io_write": 1
    },
    "inference": {
      "models": {}
    }
  },
  "time": 0.002,
  "status": "ok",
  "result": {
    "status": "acknowledged",
    "operation_id": 1
  }
}

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

Authentication

api-keystring

Authorization key, either read-write or read-only

AuthorizationBearer

Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.

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:

Request

Delete named vectors from points

vectorlist of stringsRequired

Vector names

pointslist of uint64s or strings or nullOptional

Deletes values from each point in this list

filterobject or anyOptional

Deletes values from points that satisfy this filter condition

shard_keystring or uint64 or list of strings or uint64s or object or anyOptional

Response

successful operation

usageobject or anyOptional

timefloatOptional

Time spent to process this request

statusstringOptional

resultobjectOptional

Errors

4XX

Client Request Error