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# Delete a snapshot (shard)

DELETE http://localhost:6333/collections/{collection_name}/shards/{shard_id}/snapshots/{snapshot_name}

Deletes the specified snapshot of a shard from a collection.

Reference: https://api.qdrant.tech/api-reference/snapshots/delete-shard-snapshot

## 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 for which to delete a snapshot
- `shard_id` (integer, required) — Id of the shard
- `snapshot_name` (string, required) — Name of the snapshot to delete

### Query parameters

- `wait` (boolean, optional) — If true, wait for changes to actually happen. If false - let changes happen in background. Default is true.

## Response

### 200

successful operation

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

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "time": 0.002,
  "status": "ok",
  "result": true
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/shards/1/snapshots/snapshot_name"

headers = {"api-key": "<apiKey>"}

response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/shards/1/snapshots/snapshot_name';
const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {'api-key': '<apiKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/shards/1/snapshots/snapshot_name"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("api-key", "<apiKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

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

url = URI("http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/shards/1/snapshots/snapshot_name")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["api-key"] = '<apiKey>'

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

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/shards/1/snapshots/snapshot_name")
  .header("api-key", "<apiKey>")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/shards/1/snapshots/snapshot_name', [
  'headers' => [
    'api-key' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/shards/1/snapshots/snapshot_name");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("api-key", "<apiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["api-key": "<apiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/shards/1/snapshots/snapshot_name")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

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()
```