# ZREM

```json metadata
{
  "title": "ZREM",
  "description": "Removes one or more members from a sorted set. Deletes the sorted set if all members were removed.",
  "categories": ["docs","develop","stack","oss","rs","rc","oss","kubernetes","clients"],
  "arguments": [{"display_text":"key","key_spec_index":0,"name":"key","type":"key"},{"display_text":"member","multiple":true,"name":"member","type":"string"}],
  "syntax_fmt": "ZREM key member [member ...]",
  "complexity": "O(M*log(N)) with N being the number of elements in the sorted set and M the number of elements to be removed.",
  "group": "sorted-set",
  "command_flags": ["write","fast"],
  "acl_categories": ["@write","@sortedset","@fast"],
  "since": "1.2.0",
  "arity": -3,
  "key_specs": [{"RW":true,"begin_search":{"spec":{"index":1},"type":"index"},"delete":true,"find_keys":{"spec":{"keystep":1,"lastkey":0,"limit":0},"type":"range"}}],
  "tableOfContents": {"sections":[{"id":"examples","title":"Examples"},{"id":"redis-enterprise-and-redis-cloud-compatibility","title":"Redis Enterprise and Redis Cloud compatibility"},{"id":"return-information","title":"Return information"}]}
}
```













Removes the specified members from the sorted set stored at `key`.
Non existing members are ignored.

An error is returned when `key` exists and does not hold a sorted set.

## Examples


ZADD myzset 1 "one"
ZADD myzset 2 "two"
ZADD myzset 3 "three"
ZREM myzset "two"
ZRANGE myzset 0 -1 WITHSCORES


## Redis Enterprise and Redis Cloud compatibility

| Redis<br />Enterprise | Redis<br />Cloud | <span style="min-width: 9em; display: table-cell">Notes</span> |
|:----------------------|:-----------------|:------|
| <span title="Supported">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title="Supported"><nobr>&#x2705; Active-Active</nobr></span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title="Supported"><nobr>&#x2705; Active-Active</nobr></span> |  |

## Return information

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    tab1="RESP2" 
    tab2="RESP3" >}}

[Integer reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#integers): the number of members removed from the sorted set, not including non-existing members.

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[Integer reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#integers): the number of members removed from the sorted set, not including non-existing members.