Delete Memory • AI Agent SDK

delete_memory: Delete a specific memory by ID.

delete_memory

Method

This is a method of the Memory class in the memory module.

Delete a specific memory by ID.

This is the unified deletion method that searches across all memory types and all backends (SQLite, ChromaDB, Mem0, MongoDB).

Particularly useful for:

• Cleaning up image-based memories after processing to free context window
• Removing outdated or incorrect information
• Privacy compliance (selective erasure)

Signature

def delete_memory(memory_id: str, memory_type: Optional[str]) -> bool

Parameters

memory_id · str · required

The unique ID of the memory to delete

memory_type · Optional

Optional type hint to narrow search: ‘short_term’, ‘long_term’ If None, searches all types.

Returns

Returns · bool

True if memory was found and deleted, False otherwise

Usage

# Delete a specific image analysis memory
    memory.delete_memory("1705123456789")

    # Delete with type hint for faster lookup
    memory.delete_memory("1705123456789", memory_type="short_term")

Uses

• delete_short_term
• delete_long_term

Used By

• Memory.delete_memories

Source

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praisonaiagents/memory/memory.py at line 1172

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Related Documentation

Memory Concept

Memory Overview

Memory Configuration

Session Resume