drop_collection()

This operation drops a collection.

Request syntax

drop_collection(collection_name: str) -> None

PARAMETERS:

• collection_name (str) -

  [REQUIRED]

  The name of an existing collection.

Examples

from pymilvus import MilvusClient

# 1. Set up a milvus client
client = MilvusClient(
    uri="http://localhost:19530",
    token="root:Milvus"
)

# 2. Create a collection
client.create_collection(
    collection_name="test_collection",
    dimension=5
)

# 3. List collections
res = client.list_collections() 

# ['test_collection']

# 4. Drop the collection
client.drop_collection(collection_name="test_collection")

# 5. List collections
res = client.list_collections() 

# []

Related methods

• create_collection()

• create_schema()

• describe_collection()

• get_collection_stats()

• has_collection()

• list_collections()

• rename_collection()

• IndexType

• DataType