---
title: "POST /DeleteVectors"
method: POST
path: "/DeleteVectors"
---

# POST /DeleteVectors

`POST /DeleteVectors`

Deletes one or more vectors in a vector index. To specify the vector index, you can either use both the vector bucket name and vector index name, or use the vector index Amazon Resource Name (ARN).

Permissions

You must have the `s3vectors:DeleteVectors` permission to use this operation.

## Request body

- object
  - `vectorBucketName` string — The name of the vector bucket that contains the vector index.
  - `indexName` string — The name of the vector index that contains a vector you want to delete.
  - `indexArn` string — The ARN of the vector index that contains a vector you want to delete.
  - `keys` VectorKey[], required — The keys of the vectors to delete.

## Response `200`

Success

- DeleteVectorsOutput

## Other responses

- `480` — ValidationException
- `481` — ServiceUnavailableException
- `482` — TooManyRequestsException
- `483` — KmsInvalidKeyUsageException
- `484` — InternalServerException
- `485` — KmsInvalidStateException
- `486` — AccessDeniedException
- `487` — KmsNotFoundException
- `488` — RequestTimeoutException
- `489` — NotFoundException
- `490` — KmsDisabledException

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[API](https://skmtc.net/aws/apis/s3vectors.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/aws/apis/s3vectors/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/aws/s3vectors/versions/dc31037cd75b/schema)