> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.chatbees.ai/chatbees/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.chatbees.ai/chatbees/api-references/collection-operations/delete-collection.md).

# Delete Collection

## Delete Collection

You can delete a private collection using the same API key that was used to create it.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="HTTP" %}

```
POST /collections/delete HTTP/1.1
Api-Key: my_api_key
Content-Type: application/json
Host: my_account_id.us-west-2.aws.chatbees.ai

{
  "namespace_name": "string",
  "collection_name": "string"
}

Response:
{}

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```
import chatbees as cb

# Configure to use the API key
cb.init(api_key="my_api_key", account_id="my_account_id")

# Delete a collection
cb.delete_collection("llm_research")
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}