influx delete

• influx CLI 2.0.3+
• InfluxDB 2.0.3+
• Updated in CLI v2.3.0

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

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, --org or --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

Related

• Delete data
• Delete predicate syntax
• influx CLI—Provide required authentication credentials
• influx CLI—Flag patterns and conventions

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