Delete - Upstash Documentation

The delete method allows you to delete vectors from your index using various criteria. You can delete vectors by their IDs, by ID prefix, or using metadata filters.

Arguments

IDs

string[] | number[] | string | number

required

One or more vector IDs to delete.

DeletePayload

object

required

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You can only use one of the ids, prefix, or filter fields.

ids

string[] | number[] | string | number

One or more vector IDs to delete.

prefix

string

A string prefix to match vector IDs for deletion. All vectors with IDs starting with this prefix will be deleted.

filter

string

A metadata filter for vector deletion. See Metadata Filtering for more information.

Deleting vectors with metadata filter is a O(N) operation that performs a full scan. Therefore, it might be slow for large indexes.

Options

DeleteCommandOptions

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namespace

string

Namespace to delete from. If not set, default namespace is used.

Response

DeleteResult

required

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deleted

number

required

The number of vectors that were successfully deleted.

const response = await index.delete(["2", "3"]);
// { deleted: 2 }

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