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Drop Partitions

This topic describes how to drop a partition in a specified collection.

Dropping a partition irreversibly deletes all data within it.
Python Java GO Node.js CLI Curl 
from pymilvus import Collection
collection.drop_partition("novel")

await milvusClient.partitionManager.dropPartition({
  collection_name: "book",
  partition_name: "novel",
});

err := milvusClient.DropPartition(
  context.Background(),   // ctx
  "book",                 // CollectionName
  "novel",                // partitionName
)
if err != nil {
  log.Fatal("fail to drop partition:", err.Error())
}

milvusClient.dropPartition(
  DropPartitionParam.newBuilder()
    .withCollectionName("book")
    .withPartitionName("novel")
    .build()
);

delete partition -c book -p novel

curl -X 'DELETE' \
  'http://localhost:9091/api/v1/partition' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "collection_name": "book",
    "partition_name": "novel"
  }'
Parameter Description
partition_name Name of the partition to drop.
Parameter Description
collection_name Name of the collection to drop partition from.
partition_name Name of the partition to drop.
Parameter Description
ctx Context to control API invocation process.
CollectionName Name of the collection to drop a partition in.
partitionName Name of the partition to drop.
Parameter Description
CollectionName Name of the collection to drop a partition in.
PartitionName Name of the partition to drop.
Option Description
-c Name of the collection to drop partition from.
-p Name of the partition to drop.
Parameter Description
collection_name Name of the collection to drop partition from.
partition_name Name of the partition to drop.

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