drop_collection()

This operation drops a specific collection.

Request Syntax

drop_collection(
    collection_name: str,
    timeout: float | None,
    using: str = "default",
)

PARAMETERS:

• collection_name (str) -

  [REQUIRED]

  The name of a collection to delete.

• timeout (float)

  The timeout duration for this operation. Setting this to None indicates that this operation timeouts when any response arrives or any error occurs.

• using (str) -

  The alias of the employed connection.

  The default value is default, indicating that this operation employs the default connection.

RETURN TYPE:

NoneType

RETURNS:

None

EXCEPTIONS:

N/A

Examples

from pymilvus import connections, utility

# Connect to localhost:19530
connections.connect()

# Drop a specific collection
utility.drop_collection(
    collection_name="test_collection",
)

Related operations

The following operations are related to the drop_collection() method:

• flush_all()

• get_query_segment_info()

• has_collection()

• has_partition()

• list_collections()

• rename_collection()