# EMBED.DEDUP.PURGE

> Remove every embedding from a de-duplication namespace but keep the namespace.

URL: https://docs.hotkv.com/commands/embed-dedup-purge/

```
EMBED.DEDUP.PURGE namespace
```

- Group: Embeddings
- Complexity: O(N) where N is the number of entries
- HotKV Cloud: Performance and Scale plans
- On-Premise: requires the embed-dedup license feature

Embedding de-duplication stores each embedding once per content hash and counts references to it, so the same content embedded by many users or documents is stored, and paid for, only once. You compute the content hash and the embedding; HotKV keeps them in named namespaces. `EMBED.DEDUP.PURGE` removes all entries in the namespace, whatever
their reference counts. The namespace stays. To remove it as well, use
[EMBED.DEDUP.DROP](https://docs.hotkv.com/commands/embed-dedup-drop/index.md).

## Return value

| Case | RESP2 | RESP3 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Namespace purged | Integer `1` | Same |
| No such namespace | Integer `0` | Same |

Errors:

- `ERR wrong number of arguments for 'embed.dedup.purge' command` if the argument count is wrong.
- `NOLICENSE embed-dedup requires a HotKV license. Contact sales@hotkv.com` if your license does not include the `embed-dedup` feature.

## Examples

```
127.0.0.1:6379> EMBED.DEDUP.PURGE org
(integer) 1
127.0.0.1:6379> EMBED.DEDUP.PURGE missing
(integer) 0
```

## Compatibility

HotKV-only command. Redis and Valkey have no equivalent.

## See also

[EMBED.DEDUP.PUT](https://docs.hotkv.com/commands/embed-dedup-put/index.md), [EMBED.DEDUP.GET](https://docs.hotkv.com/commands/embed-dedup-get/index.md), [EMBED.DEDUP.RELEASE](https://docs.hotkv.com/commands/embed-dedup-release/index.md), [EMBED.DEDUP.STATS](https://docs.hotkv.com/commands/embed-dedup-stats/index.md), [EMBED.DEDUP.DROP](https://docs.hotkv.com/commands/embed-dedup-drop/index.md), [EMBED.DEDUP.LIST](https://docs.hotkv.com/commands/embed-dedup-list/index.md), [AI features guide](https://docs.hotkv.com/ai-features/index.md)