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Object Storage Service:delete-vectors

Last Updated:Jun 22, 2026

Deletes specified vector data from a vector index.

Notes

  • Batch deletion is supported.

  • Deletion is irreversible. Proceed with caution.

Permissions

An Alibaba Cloud account has all permissions by default. RAM users and RAM roles have no permissions by default. An Alibaba Cloud account or account administrator must grant permissions by using a RAM policy or a bucket policy.

API

Action

Description

DeleteVectors

oss:DeleteVectors

Deletes vector data.

Command format

ossutil vectors-api delete-vectors --bucket value --index-name value --keys value [flags]

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

--bucket

string

The name of the vector bucket.

--index-name

string

The name of the index.

--keys

strings

The vector primary keys to delete. If a specified primary key does not exist, no error is reported and no result is returned for that key.

Limit: The number of unique keys must be between 1 and 500, inclusive.

Note

Examples

Delete the vectors with primary keys `key` and `key1` from the index named `index` in the vector bucket named `examplebucket`.

ossutil vectors-api delete-vectors --bucket examplebucket --index-name index --keys key,key1