Deleting a vector index
Note
Amazon S3 Vectors is in preview release for Amazon Simple Storage Service and is subject to change.
You can delete a vector index when you no longer need it. This operation permanently removes the index and all vectors that are stored within it.
Important
When you delete a vector index, you need to know the following:
You can delete vector indexes even when the indexes contain vectors.
All vectors stored in the index are permanently deleted
All metadata associated with those vectors is permanently lost
The operation can't be undone or reversed
Any ongoing operations on the index will fail immediately
Applications querying the index will receive errors
The index name becomes available for reuse within the bucket
Before you delete a vector index, verify the vector index. For more information about how to check the index details, see GetIndex in the Amazon S3 API Reference. For more information about how to list vectors inside the index to see what will be deleted, see Listing vector indexes.
To delete a vector index, use the following example commands. Replace the user input placeholders with your own information.
aws s3vectors delete-index --vector-bucket-name "amzn-s3-demo-vector-bucket" \ --index-name "idx2"
For more information about how to verify whether the index is deleted, see Listing vector indexes.
