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# forget • AI Agent SDK

> forget: Delete memories by id or matching query; returns count deleted.

# forget

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

Delete memories by id or matching query; returns count deleted.

Convenience wrapper over :meth:`delete_memory` /
:meth:`delete_memories_matching`. Provide exactly one of
`memory_id` or `query`.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def forget() -> int
```

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="int">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `ValueError`
* `delete_memory`
* `kwargs.setdefault`
* `delete_memories_matching`

## Used By

* [`DakeraMemoryAdapter.delete_memory`](../functions/DakeraMemoryAdapter-delete_memory)

## Source

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