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API client / Methods / Indexing
Required API Key: any key with the deleteObject ACL
Method signature
$index->deleteObjects(array objectIds)
$index->deleteObjects(array objectIds, array requestOptions)

// delete a single object
$index->deleteObject(string objectID)
$index->deleteObject(string objectID, array requestOptions)

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About this method

Delete objects from an index using their objectID.

You can use two methods to delete objects:

  • deleteObject (this method), which uses objectID to identify objects
  • deleteBy, which uses filters to identify objects.

Each object included in the batch counts as one operation. If you pass an objectID that doesn’t exist, it still counts as an operation because the engine doesn’t know if the record exists when attempting the operation.

Deleting all objects in an index doesn’t delete the index. To delete an index completely, including objects, settings, synonyms, and Rules, use the deleteIndex method.

This method also has a singular version.

Examples

Read the Algolia CLI documentation for more information.

Delete multiple objects

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$index->deleteObjects(["myID1", "myID2"]);

Delete a single object

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$index->deleteObject('myID');

Parameters

Parameter Description
objectIDs
type: list
Required

List of objectIDs to delete.

requestOptions
type: key-value mapping
default: No request options
Optional

A mapping of requestOptions to send along with the query.

objectID
type: integer|string
Required

The objectID of the object to delete.

Response

This section shows the JSON response returned by the API. Each API client encapsulates this response inside objects specific to the programming language, so that the actual response might be different. You can view the response by using the getLogs method. Don’t rely on the order of attributes in the response, as JSON doesn’t guarantee the ordering of keys in objects.

JSON format

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{
  "objectIDs": [
    "myObjectID1",
    "myObjectID2"
  ],
  "taskID": 678,
}
Field Description
objectIDs
list

List of the objectIDs of the deleted objects.

taskID
integer

The taskID used with the waitTask method.

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