> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.topk.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Delete a collection

Once you decide that you no longer need a collection or that you want to start over, you can delete it.
Deleting a collection will remove all the documents and indexes associated with it.

To delete a collection, call the [`client.collections().delete(name)`](/sdk/topk-py#delete-3) method:

<CodeGroup>
  ```python Python theme={null}
  client.collections().delete("my-collection")
  ```

  ```typescript JavaScript theme={null}
  await client.collections().delete("my-collection")
  ```
</CodeGroup>

If your collection is too large it can take a moment to delete it. You can check the status of the deletion by listing the collections again.

<Warning>
  This operation is irreversible and will permanently delete all data in the collection.
</Warning>