Delete vectors by ID

Delete one or more vectors from the collection by their user-provided string IDs. IDs that do not exist are silently ignored.

Supports both binary protobuf (application/protobuf) and ProtoJSON (application/protobuf+json) request bodies.

POST /api/v1/vector/delete

Delete vectors by ID

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url http://localhost:8080/api/v1/vector/delete \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/protobuf+json' \
  --data '
{
  "ids": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}
'

200

{
  "status": "success",
  "vectorsDeleted": 2
}

Body

application/protobuf+jsonapplication/protobuf

Request body for deleting vectors by ID.

ids · string[] · required

User-provided IDs of the vectors to delete (up to 64 bytes each).

Maximum string length: 64

Response

200

application/protobuf+json

Vectors deleted successfully.

Response after successfully deleting vectors.

status · string · required

Example:

"success"

vectorsDeleted · integer<int32> · required

Number of vectors in the request. IDs that did not exist are still counted.