{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "id": "commands/spop",
  "title": "SPOP",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/spop/",
  "summary": "Returns one or more random members from a set after removing them. Deletes the set if the last member was popped.",
  "since": "1.0.0",
  "tags": [
    "docs",
    "develop",
    "stack",
    "oss",
    "rs",
    "rc",
    "oss",
    "kubernetes",
    "clients"
  ],
  "last_updated": "2026-09-18T09:47:41+01:00",
  "page_type": "content",
  "content_hash": "da0ba1042a150db4242e33f9e61f6fc6cebde08ade31ffccb7028b9481cd9579",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "overview",
      "title": "Overview",
      "role": "overview",
      "text": "Removes and returns one or more random members from the set value store at `key`.\n\nThis operation is similar to [`SRANDMEMBER`](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/srandmember), that returns one or more random elements from a set but does not remove it.\n\nBy default, the command pops a single member from the set. When provided with\nthe optional `count` argument, the reply will consist of up to `count` members,\ndepending on the set's cardinality."
    },
    {
      "id": "required-arguments",
      "title": "Required arguments",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "<details open><summary><code>key</code></summary>\n\nThe name of the key that holds the set.\n\n</details>"
    },
    {
      "id": "optional-arguments",
      "title": "Optional arguments",
      "role": "parameters",
      "text": "<details open><summary><code>count</code></summary>\n\nThe number of members to pop. Without it, a single member is popped.\n\n</details>"
    },
    {
      "id": "examples",
      "title": "Examples",
      "role": "example",
      "text": "redis> SADD myset \"one\"\n(integer) 1\nredis> SADD myset \"two\"\n(integer) 1\nredis> SADD myset \"three\"\n(integer) 1\nredis> SPOP myset\nredis> SMEMBERS myset\n1) \"one\"\n2) \"three\"\nredis> SADD myset \"four\"\n(integer) 1\nredis> SADD myset \"five\"\n(integer) 1\nredis> SPOP myset 3\nredis> SMEMBERS myset\n1) \"three\""
    },
    {
      "id": "details",
      "title": "Details",
      "role": "content",
      "text": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "distribution-of-returned-elements",
      "title": "Distribution of returned elements",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "Note that this command is not suitable when you need a guaranteed uniform distribution of the returned elements. For more information about the algorithms used for `SPOP`, look up both the Knuth sampling and Floyd sampling algorithms."
    },
    {
      "id": "redis-software-and-redis-cloud-compatibility",
      "title": "Redis Software and Redis Cloud compatibility",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "| Redis<br />Software | Redis<br />Cloud | <span style=\"min-width: 9em; display: table-cell\">Notes</span> |\n|:----------------------|:-----------------|:------|\n| <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> |  |"
    },
    {
      "id": "return-information",
      "title": "Return information",
      "role": "returns",
      "text": "**RESP2:**\n\nOne of the following:\n* [Nil reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#bulk-strings): if the key does not exist.\n* [Bulk string reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#bulk-strings): when called without the _count_ argument, the removed member.\n* [Array reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#arrays): when called with the _count_ argument, a list of the removed members.\n\n**RESP3:**\n\nOne of the following:\n* [Null reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#nulls): if the key does not exist.\n* [Bulk string reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#bulk-strings): when called without the _count_ argument, the removed member.\n* [Array reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#arrays): when called with the _count_ argument, a list of the removed members."
    }
  ],
  "examples": []
}