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# Delete payload

POST http://localhost:6333/collections/{collection_name}/points/payload/delete
Content-Type: application/json

Deletes a specified key payload for points.

Reference: https://api.qdrant.tech/api-reference/points/delete-payload

## Authentication

- `api-key` header (required) — API Key authentication via header

## Servers

- `http://localhost:6333` (http, default)
- `https://localhost:6333` (https)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `collection_name` (string, required) — Name of the collection to delete from

### Query parameters

- `wait` (boolean, optional) — If true, wait for changes to actually happen
- `ordering` (enum, optional) — define ordering guarantees for the operation
  - Allowed values: `weak`, `medium`, `strong`
- `timeout` (integer, optional) — Timeout for the operation

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a DeletePayload.

- `keys` (list of string, required) — List of payload keys to remove from payload
- `points` (list of ExtendedPointId, optional, nullable) — Deletes values from each point in this list
- `filter` (DeletePayloadFilter, optional) — Deletes values from points that satisfy this filter condition
- `shard_key` (DeletePayloadShardKey, optional)

## Response

### 200

successful operation

- `usage` (CollectionsCollectionNamePointsPayloadDeletePostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaUsage, optional)
- `time` (double, optional) — Time spent to process this request
- `status` (string, optional)
- `result` (UpdateResult, optional)

## Types

### ExtendedPointId

Type, used for specifying point ID in user interface

### DeletePayloadFilter

Deletes values from points that satisfy this filter condition

### DeletePayloadShardKey

### CollectionsCollectionNamePointsPayloadDeletePostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaUsage

### UpdateResult

- `status` (enum, required) — `Acknowledged` - Request is saved to WAL and will be process in a queue. `Completed` - Request is completed, changes are actual. `WaitTimeout` - Request is waiting for timeout.
  - Allowed values: `acknowledged`, `completed`, `wait_timeout`
- `operation_id` (uint64, optional, nullable) — Sequential number of the operation

### Filter

- `should` (FilterShould, optional) — At least one of those conditions should match
- `min_should` (FilterMinShould, optional) — At least minimum amount of given conditions should match
- `must` (FilterMust, optional) — All conditions must match
- `must_not` (FilterMustNot, optional) — All conditions must NOT match

### Usage

Usage of the hardware resources, spent to process the request

- `hardware` (UsageHardware, optional)
- `inference` (UsageInference, optional)

### FilterShould

At least one of those conditions should match

### FilterMinShould

At least minimum amount of given conditions should match

### FilterMust

All conditions must match

### FilterMustNot

All conditions must NOT match

### UsageHardware

### UsageInference

### MinShould

- `conditions` (list of Condition, required)
- `min_count` (integer, required)

### HardwareUsage

Usage of the hardware resources, spent to process the request

- `cpu` (integer, required)
- `payload_io_read` (integer, required)
- `payload_io_write` (integer, required)
- `payload_index_io_read` (integer, required)
- `payload_index_io_write` (integer, required)
- `vector_io_read` (integer, required)
- `vector_io_write` (integer, required)

### InferenceUsage

- `models` (map from string to ModelUsage, required)

### Condition

### ModelUsage

- `tokens` (uint64, required)

### FieldCondition

All possible payload filtering conditions

- `key` (string, required) — Payload key
- `match` (FieldConditionMatch, optional) — Check if point has field with a given value
- `range` (FieldConditionRange, optional) — Check if points value lies in a given range
- `geo_bounding_box` (FieldConditionGeoBoundingBox, optional) — Check if points geolocation lies in a given area
- `geo_radius` (FieldConditionGeoRadius, optional) — Check if geo point is within a given radius
- `geo_polygon` (FieldConditionGeoPolygon, optional) — Check if geo point is within a given polygon
- `values_count` (FieldConditionValuesCount, optional) — Check number of values of the field
- `is_empty` (boolean, optional, nullable) — Check that the field is empty, alternative syntax for `is_empty: "field_name"`
- `is_null` (boolean, optional, nullable) — Check that the field is null, alternative syntax for `is_null: "field_name"`

### IsEmptyCondition

Select points with empty payload for a specified field

- `is_empty` (PayloadField, required) — Payload field

### IsNullCondition

Select points with null payload for a specified field

- `is_null` (PayloadField, required) — Payload field

### HasIdCondition

ID-based filtering condition

- `has_id` (list of ExtendedPointId, required)

### HasVectorCondition

Filter points which have specific vector assigned

- `has_vector` (string, required)

### NestedCondition

- `nested` (Nested, required) — Select points with payload for a specified nested field

### FieldConditionMatch

Check if point has field with a given value

### FieldConditionRange

Check if points value lies in a given range

### FieldConditionGeoBoundingBox

Check if points geolocation lies in a given area

### FieldConditionGeoRadius

Check if geo point is within a given radius

### FieldConditionGeoPolygon

Check if geo point is within a given polygon

### FieldConditionValuesCount

Check number of values of the field

### PayloadField

Payload field

- `key` (string, required) — Payload field name

### Nested

Select points with payload for a specified nested field

- `key` (string, required)
- `filter` (Filter, required)

### GeoBoundingBox

Geo filter request Matches coordinates inside the rectangle, described by coordinates of lop-left and bottom-right edges

- `top_left` (GeoPoint, required) — Geo point payload schema
- `bottom_right` (GeoPoint, required) — Geo point payload schema

### GeoRadius

Geo filter request Matches coordinates inside the circle of `radius` and center with coordinates `center`

- `center` (GeoPoint, required) — Geo point payload schema
- `radius` (double, required) — Radius of the area in meters

### GeoPolygon

Geo filter request Matches coordinates inside the polygon, defined by `exterior` and `interiors`

- `exterior` (GeoLineString, required) — Ordered sequence of GeoPoints representing the line
- `interiors` (list of GeoLineString, optional, nullable) — Interior lines (if present) bound holes within the surface each GeoLineString must consist of a minimum of 4 points, and the first and last points must be the same.

### ValuesCount

Values count filter request

- `lt` (integer, optional, nullable) — point.key.length() \< values\_count.lt
- `gt` (integer, optional, nullable) — point.key.length() > values_count.gt
- `gte` (integer, optional, nullable) — point.key.length() >= values_count.gte
- `lte` (integer, optional, nullable) — point.key.length() \<= values\_count.lte

### GeoPoint

Geo point payload schema

- `lon` (double, required)
- `lat` (double, required)

### GeoLineString

Ordered sequence of GeoPoints representing the line

- `points` (list of GeoPoint, required)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "keys": [
    "string"
  ]
}
```

**Response**

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

**SDK Code**

```python
from qdrant_client import QdrantClient

client = QdrantClient(url="http://localhost:6333")

client.delete_payload(
    collection_name="{collection_name}",
    keys=["color", "price"],
    points=[0, 3, 100],
)

```

```java
import java.util.List;

import static io.qdrant.client.PointIdFactory.id;

import io.qdrant.client.QdrantClient;
import io.qdrant.client.QdrantGrpcClient;

QdrantClient client = new QdrantClient(
                QdrantGrpcClient.newBuilder("localhost", 6334, false).build());

client
    .deletePayloadAsync(
        "{collection_name}",
        List.of("color", "price"),
        List.of(id(0), id(3), id(100)),
        true,
        null,
        null)
    .get();

```

```go
package client

import (
	"context"

	"github.com/qdrant/go-client/qdrant"
)

func deletePayload() {
	client, err := qdrant.NewClient(&qdrant.Config{
		Host: "localhost",
		Port: 6334,
	})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	_, err = client.DeletePayload(context.Background(), &qdrant.DeletePayloadPoints{
		CollectionName: "{collection_name}",
		PointsSelector: qdrant.NewPointsSelector(qdrant.NewIDNum(0), qdrant.NewIDNum(3), qdrant.NewIDNum(100)),
		Keys:           []string{"color", "price"},
	})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
}

```

```typescript
import { QdrantClient } from "@qdrant/js-client-rest";

const client = new QdrantClient({ host: "localhost", port: 6333 });

client.deletePayload("{collection_name}", {
  keys: ["color", "price"],
  points: [0, 3, 100],
});

```

```rust
use qdrant_client::qdrant::{DeletePayloadPointsBuilder, PointsIdsList};
use qdrant_client::Qdrant;

let client = Qdrant::from_url("http://localhost:6334").build()?;

client
    .delete_payload(
        DeletePayloadPointsBuilder::new(
            "{collection_name}",
            vec!["color".to_string(), "price".to_string()],
        )
        .points_selector(PointsIdsList {
            ids: vec![0.into(), 3.into(), 100.into()],
        })
        .wait(true),
    )
    .await?;

```

```csharp
using Qdrant.Client;

var client = new QdrantClient("localhost", 6334);

await client.DeletePayloadAsync("{collection_name}", ["color", "price"], [0, 3, 10]);

```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/points/payload/delete")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["api-key"] = '<apiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"keys\": [\n    \"string\"\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/points/payload/delete', [
  'body' => '{
  "keys": [
    "string"
  ]
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'api-key' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "api-key": "<apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["keys": ["string"]] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/points/payload/delete")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```