> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.cyborg.co/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Delete Encrypted Items

You can delete items from an encrypted index using `delete()`:

<CodeGroup>
  ```python Python SDK icon="python" theme={null}
  # IDs of items to delete
  ids_to_delete = ["item1", "item2", "item3"]

  # Delete items from the encrypted index
  index.delete(ids_to_delete)
  ```

  ```javascript JavaScript SDK icon="js" theme={null}
  // IDs of items to delete
  const idsToDelete = ["item1", "item2", "item3"];

  // Delete items from the encrypted index
  await index.delete({ ids: idsToDelete });
  ```

  ```typescript TypeScript SDK icon="code" theme={null}
  import { DeleteParams } from 'cyborgdb';

  // IDs of items to delete
  const idsToDelete: string[] = ["item1", "item2", "item3"];

  // Delete items from the encrypted index
  const params: DeleteParams = { ids: idsToDelete };
  await index.delete(params);
  ```

  ```go Go SDK icon="golang" theme={null}
  // IDs of items to delete
  idsToDelete := []string{"item1", "item2", "item3"}

  // Delete items from the encrypted index
  err := index.Delete(context.Background(), idsToDelete)
  if err != nil {
      log.Fatal(err)
  }
  ```

  ```bash cURL icon="rectangle-terminal" theme={null}
  curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/vectors/delete" \
       -H "X-API-Key: your-api-key" \
       -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
       -d '{
         "index_name": "my_index",
         "index_key": "your_64_character_hex_key_here",
         "ids": ["item1", "item2", "item3"]
       }'
  ```
</CodeGroup>

<Warning>This operation is irreversible. Once you delete an item, you cannot recover it.</Warning>

## API Reference

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

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="REST API Reference" href="../../rest-api/encrypted-index/delete" icon="rectangle-terminal">
    REST API reference for `/v1/vectors/delete`
  </Card>

  <Card title="Python SDK Reference" href="../../python-sdk/encrypted-index/delete" icon="python">
    API reference for `delete()` in Python
  </Card>

  <Card title="JS/TS SDK Reference" href="../../js-ts-sdk/encrypted-index/delete" icon="js">
    API reference for `delete()` in JavaScript/TypeScript
  </Card>

  <Card title="Go SDK Reference" href="../../go-sdk/encrypted-index/delete" icon="golang">
    API reference for `Delete()` in Go
  </Card>
</CardGroup>