# ZREMRANGEBYLEX

```json metadata
{
  "title": "ZREMRANGEBYLEX",
  "description": "Removes members in a sorted set within a lexicographical range. 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":"min","name":"min","type":"string"},{"display_text":"max","name":"max","type":"string"}],
  "syntax_fmt": "ZREMRANGEBYLEX key min max",
  "complexity": "O(log(N)+M) with N being the number of elements in the sorted set and M the number of elements removed by the operation.",
  "group": "sorted-set",
  "command_flags": ["write"],
  "acl_categories": ["@write","@sortedset","@slow"],
  "since": "2.8.9",
  "arity": 4,
  "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"}]}
}
```













When all the elements in a sorted set are inserted with the same score, in order to force lexicographical ordering, this command removes all elements in the sorted set stored at `key` between the lexicographical range specified by `min` and `max`.

The meaning of `min` and `max` are the same of the [`ZRANGEBYLEX`](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/zrangebylex) command. Similarly, this command actually removes the same elements that [`ZRANGEBYLEX`](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/zrangebylex) would return if called with the same `min` and `max` arguments.

## Examples


ZADD myzset 0 aaaa 0 b 0 c 0 d 0 e
ZADD myzset 0 foo 0 zap 0 zip 0 ALPHA 0 alpha
ZRANGE myzset 0 -1
ZREMRANGEBYLEX myzset [alpha [omega
ZRANGE myzset 0 -1


## 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

{{< multitabs id="zremrangebylex-return-info" 
    tab1="RESP2" 
    tab2="RESP3" >}}

[Integer reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#integers): the number of members removed.

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[Integer reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#integers): Number of members removed.