influx delete
This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB OSS. InfluxDB 3 Core is the latest stable version.
The influx delete command deletes points
from an InfluxDB bucket in a specified time range.
Select points to delete within the specified time range using delete predicate syntax.
Deleting data without a delete predicate
Running influx delete without the -p or --predicate flag deletes all data with timestamps between the specified
--start and --stop times in the specified bucket.
Cannot delete data by field
InfluxDB 2.7 does not support deleting data by field.
Flags
| Flag | Description | Input type | Maps to ? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
-c | --active-config | CLI configuration to use for command | string | |
-b | --bucket | Name of bucket to remove data from (mutually exclusive with --bucket-id) | string | INFLUX_BUCKET_NAME |
--bucket-id | Bucket ID (mutually exclusive with --bucket) | string | INFLUX_BUCKET_ID | |
--configs-path | Path to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs) | string | INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH | |
-h | --help | Help for the delete command | ||
--host | HTTP address of InfluxDB (default http://localhost:8086) | string | INFLUX_HOST | |
--http-debug | Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers. | string | ||
-o | --org | Organization name (mutually exclusive with --org-id) | string | INFLUX_ORG |
--org-id | Organization ID (mutually exclusive with --org) | string | INFLUX_ORG_ID | |
-p | --predicate | InfluxQL-like predicate string (see Delete predicate) | string | |
--skip-verify | Skip TLS certificate verification | INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY | ||
--start | (Required) Start time in RFC3339 format (i.e. 2009-01-02T23:00:00Z) | string | ||
--stop | (Required) Stop time in RFC3339 format (i.e. 2009-01-02T23:00:00Z) | string | ||
-t | --token | API token | string | INFLUX_TOKEN |
Examples
Authentication credentials
The examples below assume your InfluxDB host, organization, and token are
provided by either the active influx CLI configuration or by environment variables (INFLUX_HOST, INFLUX_ORG, and INFLUX_TOKEN).
If you do not have a CLI configuration set up or the environment variables set, include these required credentials for each command with the following flags:
--host: InfluxDB host-o, --orgor--org-id: InfluxDB organization name or ID-t, --token: InfluxDB API token
- Delete all points in a measurement
- Delete points in a measurement with a specific tag value
- Delete all points within a specified time frame
Delete all points in a measurement
influx delete \
--bucket example-bucket \
--start 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z \
--stop $(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ") \
--predicate '_measurement="example-measurement"'
Delete points in a 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 host="old-host"'
Delete all points within a specified time frame
influx delete \
--bucket example-bucket \
--start 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z \
--stop 2020-11-14T00:00:00Z
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