---
title: influx delete
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 | {{< cli/mapped >}}   |
|:---- |:---           |:-----------                                                                                      |:----------:|:------------------   |
| `-b` | `--bucket`    | Name of bucket to remove data from                                                               | string     | `INFLUX_BUCKET_NAME` |
|      | `--bucket-id` | Bucket ID                                                                                        | string     | `INFLUX_BUCKET_ID`   |
| `-h` | `--help`      | Help for the `delete` command                                                                    |            |                      |
| `-o` | `--org`       | Organization name                                                                                | string     | `INFLUX_ORG`         |
|      | `--org-id`    | Organization ID                                                                                  | string     | `INFLUX_ORG_ID`      |
| `-p` | `--predicate` | InfluxQL-like predicate string (see [Delete predicate](/v2.0/reference/syntax/delete-predicate)) | string     |                      |
|      | `--start`     | Start time in RFC3339 format (i.e. `2009-01-02T23:00:00Z`)                                       | string     |                      |
|      | `--stop`      | Stop time in RFC3339 format (i.e. `2009-01-02T23:00:00Z`)                                        | string     |                      |

{{% cli/influx-global-flags %}}