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DELETE
Delete a collection
Product: Video Datalake Host: https://api.memories.ai/datalake/v1 Auth: Authorization: sk-mai-...
Delete a collection. An empty collection deletes synchronously (204). A non-empty collection is refused by default (409) unless you pass force=true, which returns 202 + an Operation that cascade-purges every video, vector, GCS file, and face record.
Pricing: Free — management / read (no charge). · See Pricing for the full model.
Cascade delete (force=true) removes all videos and their data and cannot be undone. Confirm twice before calling.

Response Fields

string
On force=true cascade: the Operation handle (op_ prefix), kind collection_delete.

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Send Authorization: sk-mai-...

Path Parameters

id
string
required

Collection ID.

Query Parameters

force
boolean

true to cascade-delete a non-empty collection. Irreversible.

Response

200 - application/json

Success