Delete data

Use the influx CLI or the InfluxDB API /api/v2/delete endpoint to delete data from an InfluxDB bucket.

• Delete data using the influx CLI
• Delete data using the API

InfluxDB Cloud supports deleting data by the following:

• time range
• measurement (_measurement)
• tag
• field (_field)

Delete data using the influx CLI

1. Use the influx delete command to delete points from InfluxDB.

2. Use the --bucket flag to specify which bucket to delete data from.

3. Use the --start and --stop flags to define the time range to delete data from. Use RFC3339 timestamps.

4. (Optional) Use the -p, --predicate flag to include a delete predicate that identifies which points to delete.

   Deleting data without a delete predicate deletes all data in the specified bucket with timestamps between the specified start and stop times.

Examples

• Delete points in a specific measurement with a specific tag value
• Delete all points in a specified time range
• Delete points for a specific field in a specified time range

Delete points in a specific measurement with a specific tag value

influx delete --bucket example-bucket \
  --start '1970-01-01T00:00:00Z' \
  --stop $(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ") \
  --predicate '_measurement="example-measurement" AND exampleTag="exampleTagValue"'

Delete all points in a specified time range

influx delete --bucket example-bucket \
  --start 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z \
  --stop 2020-11-14T00:00:00Z

influx delete --bucket example-bucket \
  --start 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z \
  --stop 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z \
  --predicate '_field="example-field"'

Delete data using the API

Use the InfluxDB API /api/v2/delete endpoint to delete points from InfluxDB.

POST http://localhost:8086/api/v2/delete

Include the following:

• Request method: POST
• Headers:
  • Authorization: Token schema with your InfluxDB API token
  • Content-type: application/json
• Query parameters:
  • org or orgID: organization name or organization ID
  • bucket or bucketID: bucket name or bucket ID
• Request body: JSON object with the following fields:
  * Required

  • * start: earliest time to delete data from (RFC3339)

  • * stop: latest time to delete data from (RFC3339)

  • predicate: delete predicate statement

    Deleting data without a delete predicate deletes all data in the specified bucket with timestamps between the specified start and stop times.

Examples

• Delete points in a specific measurement with a specific tag value
• Delete all points in a specified time range
• Delete points for a specific field in a specified time range

Delete points in a specific measurement with a specific tag value

curl --request POST http://localhost:8086/api/v2/delete?org=example-org&bucket=example-bucket \
  --header 'Authorization: Token YOUR_API_TOKEN' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "start": "2020-03-01T00:00:00Z",
    "stop": "2020-11-14T00:00:00Z",
    "predicate": "_measurement=\"example-measurement\" AND exampleTag=\"exampleTagValue\""
  }'

Delete all points in a specified time range

curl --request POST http://localhost:8086/api/v2/delete?org=example-org&bucket=example-bucket \
  --header 'Authorization: Token YOUR_API_TOKEN' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "start": "2020-03-01T00:00:00Z",
    "stop": "2020-11-14T00:00:00Z"
  }'

curl --request POST http://localhost:8086/api/v2/delete?org=example-org&bucket=example-bucket \
  --header 'Authorization: Token YOUR_API_TOKEN' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "start": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "stop": "2022-02-01T00:00:00Z",
    "predicate": "_field=\"example-field\""
  }'

For more information, see the /api/v2/delete endpoint documentation.

To delete a bucket see Delete a bucket.