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To delete an exiting encrypted index, you can load it and then call the delete_index() method.
import cyborgdb_core as cyborgdb
import secrets

# Using `threadsafememory` storage for this example
index_location = cyborgdb.DBConfig("threadsafememory") 
config_location = cyborgdb.DBConfig("threadsafememory")

# Get your API key
api_key = "your_api_key_here"  # Replace with your actual API key

# Create a client
client = cyborgdb.Client(
    api_key=api_key, 
    index_location=index_location, 
    config_location=config_location
)

# Provide the index key used when creating the index
index_key = secrets.token_bytes(32)

# Create an encrypted index
index = client.load_index(
    index_name="my_index", 
    index_key=index_key
)

# Delete the index
index.delete_index()
#include "cyborgdb_core/client.hpp"
#include "cyborgdb_core/encrypted_index.hpp"
#include <array>

// Using `threadsafememory` storage for this example
cyborg::DBConfig index_location(cyborg::Location::kThreadSafeMemory);
cyborg::DBConfig config_location(cyborg::Location::kThreadSafeMemory);
cyborg::DBConfig contents_location(cyborg::Location::kThreadSafeMemory);

// Get your API key
std::string api_key = "your_api_key_here";  // Replace with your actual API key

// Create a client
cyborg::Client client(api_key, index_location, config_location, contents_location, 0, cyborg::kNone);

// Provide the index key used when creating the index
// Example key (32 bytes)
std::array<uint8_t, 32> index_key;

// Create an encrypted index
auto index = client.LoadIndex("my_index", index_key);

// Delete the index
index->DeleteIndex();

API Reference

For more information on deleting an encrypted index, refer to the API reference:

Python API Reference

API reference for delete_index() in Python

C++ API Reference

API reference for DeleteIndex() in C++