Delete a vector index

DELETE /v1/tenants/{tenant}/vector-indexes/{index}

Remove an index and its namespacesNamespace data is erased in the background.

Verify the indexCheck its identity and deletion protection.
Request removalDelete the selected vector index.
Follow the deleting stateDo not treat acceptance as completed data removal.

Before you start

Use your database bearer token.

Disable deletion protection before deleting the intended index. Its namespace data is removed in the background.

Path parameters

Field	Type	Required
`tenant`	`string`	Required
`index`	`string`	Required

Headers

Field	Type	Required	Description
`x-oc-db-user`	`string`	Optional	Acting database user (role, grant and row-policy checks). Send with x-oc-db-key.
`x-oc-db-key`	`string`	Optional	API key of the x-oc-db-user user.

Read the result

state: deleting means background removal has started, not that all namespace data has already gone. Deletion protection must be disabled before this request succeeds.

Response statuses

HTTP status reference

Status	What to do
202	Accepted
400	Correct the request before retrying.
401	Check the credential and Authorization header.
402	Check feature access or available credits.
403	Check tenant access, roles and permissions.
404	Check the resource ID and API route.
409	Resolve the conflict before retrying.
429	Honor Retry-After when present; back off.
500	Check the outcome before retrying a write.
501	Check deployment support for this operation.
503	Honor Retry-After when present; check write outcomes.

Request example

curl --include --request DELETE "${OC_BASE_URL}/v1/tenants/${OC_TENANT}/vector-indexes/demo-search" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${OC_TOKEN}"

Response example

Examples use synthetic values to show the response format.

Response status

{
  "index_id": "22222222-2222-4222-8222-222222222222",
  "name": "demo-search",
  "state": "deleting",
  "dimension": 3,
  "metric": "cosine",
  "score_direction": "higher_is_better",
  "sparse": false,
  "text_fields": [],
  "visibility_fields": [],
  "embedding": null,
  "deletion_protection": "disabled",
  "tags": {},
  "identifier_profile": "unicode",
  "compat_family": "vectors",
  "created_at": "2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Accepted deletion; inspect the index state before assuming reclamation completed.

Download the OpenAPI specification for the complete response schemas.

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Before you start

Path parameters

Headers

Read the result

Response statuses