# Manage objects

Learn the fundamental CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations for Weaviate objects. The following guides provide detailed steps for creating single objects, batch importing, reading specific objects, retrieving all objects, updating existing objects, and deleting objects within your collections.

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Add individual data objects to a Weaviate collection.
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:::card{title="Batch import" href="/guides/how-to-manage-objects-import" icon="file-input"}
Efficiently add multiple data objects to a collection in batches.
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:::card{title="Read objects" href="/guides/how-to-manage-objects-read" icon="eye"}
Retrieve specific data objects from a collection by their ID or vector.
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:::card{title="Read all objects" href="/guides/how-to-manage-objects-read-all-objects" icon="list"}
Fetch multiple or all objects from a collection, often with pagination.
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:::card{title="Update objects" href="/guides/how-to-manage-objects-update" icon="pencil"}
Modify existing data objects within a collection (full or partial updates).
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:::card{title="Delete objects" href="/guides/how-to-manage-objects-delete" icon="trash-2"}
Remove specific data objects from a collection.
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Ask questions and connect with other developers on our **Community forum**.
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Weaviate Cloud user or customer? Find the right channel on the **Support page**.
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## Related pages

- [Agents](./agents-index.md)
- [AI-assisted Weaviate code generation](./ai-assisted-vibe-coding-index.md)
- [APIs](./apis-index.md)
- [Authorization and authentication](./authorization-and-authentication-index.md)
- [Benchmarks](./benchmarks-index.md)
- [Best practices](./best-practices-index.md)
- [Client libraries](./clients-index.md)
- [Client Libraries / SDKs](./client-libraries-index.md)
- [Cloud](./cloud-index.md)
- [Cloud account management](./cloud-account-management-index.md)

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