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# Delete Long Term • AI Agent SDK

> delete_long_term: Delete a specific long-term memory by ID.

# delete\_long\_term

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> This is a method of the [**Memory**](../classes/Memory) class in the [**memory**](../modules/memory) module.

Delete a specific long-term memory by ID.

Works across all backends: SQLite, ChromaDB, Mem0, and MongoDB.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def delete_long_term(memory_id: str) -> bool
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="memory_id" type="str" required={true}>
  The unique ID of the memory to delete
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="bool">
  True if memory was found and deleted, False otherwise
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `sqlite3.connect`
* `conn.execute`
* `conn.commit`
* `conn.close`
* `delete`
* `delete_one`

## Used By

* [`Memory.delete_memory`](../functions/Memory-delete_memory)
* [`Memory.delete_memories_matching`](../functions/Memory-delete_memories_matching)

## Source

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