---
title: influx delete – Delete data from InfluxDB
description: The 'influx delete' command deletes points from an InfluxDB bucket.
menu:
  v2_0_ref:
    name: influx delete
    parent: influx
weight: 101
v2.0/tags: [delete]
---

The `influx delete` command deletes [points](/v2.0/reference/glossary/#point)
from an InfluxDB bucket.

## Usage
```
influx delete [flags]
```

{{% warn %}}
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.
{{% /warn %}}

## Flags
| Flag                | Description                                                                                      | Input type |
|:----                |:-----------                                                                                      |:----------:|
| `-b`, `--bucket`    | The name of bucket to remove data from                                                           | string     |
| `--bucket-id`       | The ID of the bucket to remove data from                                                         | string     |
| `-h`, `--help`      | Help for the `delete` command                                                                    |            |
| `-o`, `--org`       | The name of the organization that owns the bucket                                                | string     |
| `--org-id`          | The ID of the organization that owns the bucket                                                  | string     |
| `-p`, `--predicate` | InfluxQL-like predicate string (see [Delete predicate](/v2.0/reference/syntax/delete-predicate)) | string     |
| `--start`           | The start time in RFC3339 format (i.e. `2009-01-02T23:00:00Z`)                                   | string     |
| `--stop`            | The stop time in RFC3339 format (i.e. `2009-01-02T23:00:00Z`)                                    | string     |

## Global flags
| Global flag     | Description                                                | Input type |
|:-----------     |:-----------                                                |:----------:|
| `--host`        | HTTP address of InfluxDB (default `http://localhost:9999`) | string     |
| `--local`       | Run commands against the local filesystem                  |            |
| `-t`, `--token` | API token to use in client calls                           | string     |