Delete a backup

# pip install --upgrade pinecone
import os
from pinecone import Pinecone

pc = Pinecone(api_key=os.environ["PINECONE_API_KEY"])

pc.backups.delete(backup_id="9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da")

// npm install @pinecone-database/pinecone
import { Pinecone } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone';

// Reads PINECONE_API_KEY from the environment
const pc = new Pinecone();

await pc.backups.delete('9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da');

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "os"

    "github.com/pinecone-io/go-pinecone/v7/pinecone"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()

    pc, err := pinecone.NewClient(pinecone.NewClientParams{
        ApiKey: os.Getenv("PINECONE_API_KEY"),
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to create Client: %v", err)
    }

    err = pc.DeleteBackup(ctx, "9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to delete backup: %v", err)
    }

    fmt.Println("Backup deleted")
}

PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
BACKUP_ID="9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/backups/$BACKUP_ID" \
    -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
    -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-07"

Invalid API key

{
  "error": {
    "code": "PERMISSION_DENIED",
    "message": "Access denied: Permission control::backups::list is required"
  },
  "status": 403
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "Backup bkp_123abc not found."
  },
  "status": 404
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNKNOWN",
    "message": "Internal server error"
  },
  "status": 500
}

DELETE

backups

{backup_id}

# pip install --upgrade pinecone
import os
from pinecone import Pinecone

pc = Pinecone(api_key=os.environ["PINECONE_API_KEY"])

pc.backups.delete(backup_id="9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da")

// npm install @pinecone-database/pinecone
import { Pinecone } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone';

// Reads PINECONE_API_KEY from the environment
const pc = new Pinecone();

await pc.backups.delete('9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da');

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "os"

    "github.com/pinecone-io/go-pinecone/v7/pinecone"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()

    pc, err := pinecone.NewClient(pinecone.NewClientParams{
        ApiKey: os.Getenv("PINECONE_API_KEY"),
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to create Client: %v", err)
    }

    err = pc.DeleteBackup(ctx, "9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to delete backup: %v", err)
    }

    fmt.Println("Backup deleted")
}

PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
BACKUP_ID="9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/backups/$BACKUP_ID" \
    -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
    -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-07"

Invalid API key

{
  "error": {
    "code": "PERMISSION_DENIED",
    "message": "Access denied: Permission control::backups::list is required"
  },
  "status": 403
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "Backup bkp_123abc not found."
  },
  "status": 404
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNKNOWN",
    "message": "Internal server error"
  },
  "status": 500
}

# pip install --upgrade pinecone
import os
from pinecone import Pinecone

pc = Pinecone(api_key=os.environ["PINECONE_API_KEY"])

pc.backups.delete(backup_id="9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da")

// npm install @pinecone-database/pinecone
import { Pinecone } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone';

// Reads PINECONE_API_KEY from the environment
const pc = new Pinecone();

await pc.backups.delete('9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da');

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "os"

    "github.com/pinecone-io/go-pinecone/v7/pinecone"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()

    pc, err := pinecone.NewClient(pinecone.NewClientParams{
        ApiKey: os.Getenv("PINECONE_API_KEY"),
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to create Client: %v", err)
    }

    err = pc.DeleteBackup(ctx, "9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to delete backup: %v", err)
    }

    fmt.Println("Backup deleted")
}

PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
BACKUP_ID="9947520e-d5a1-4418-a78d-9f464c9969da"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/backups/$BACKUP_ID" \
    -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
    -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-07"

Authorizations

Api-Key

string

header

required

An API Key is required to call Pinecone APIs. Get yours from the console.

Headers

X-Pinecone-Api-Version

string

default:2026-07

required

Required date-based version header

Path Parameters

backup_id

string

required

The ID of the backup to delete.

Response

The request to delete the backup has been accepted.

APIs

Database

Inference

Admin

SDKs

CLI

Tools

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Headers

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Response