diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 28d4435..0e80245 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -456,3 +456,4 @@ logs/
 credentials.txt
 
 S.gpg-agent*
+.vscode/settings.json
diff --git a/knowledgehub/vectorstores/base.py b/knowledgehub/vectorstores/base.py
index 310c019..51f85b3 100644
--- a/knowledgehub/vectorstores/base.py
+++ b/knowledgehub/vectorstores/base.py
@@ -53,19 +53,6 @@ class BaseVectorStore(ABC):
         """
         ...
 
-    # @abstractmethod
-    # def update(self, *args, **kwargs):
-    #     ...
-
-    # @abstractmethod
-    # def persist(self, *args, **kwargs):
-    #     ...
-
-    # @classmethod
-    # @abstractmethod
-    # def load(self, *args, **kwargs):
-    #     ...
-
     @abstractmethod
     def query(
         self,
@@ -85,6 +72,14 @@ class BaseVectorStore(ABC):
         """
         ...
 
+    @abstractmethod
+    def load(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        pass
+
 
 class LlamaIndexVectorStore(BaseVectorStore):
     _li_class: Type[Union[LIVectorStore, BasePydanticVectorStore]]
diff --git a/knowledgehub/vectorstores/chroma.py b/knowledgehub/vectorstores/chroma.py
index a990207..8c55a4f 100644
--- a/knowledgehub/vectorstores/chroma.py
+++ b/knowledgehub/vectorstores/chroma.py
@@ -54,3 +54,21 @@ class ChromaVectorStore(LlamaIndexVectorStore):
             kwargs: meant for vectorstore-specific parameters
         """
         self._client._collection.delete(ids=ids)
+
+    def delete_collection(self, collection_name: Optional[str] = None):
+        """Delete entire collection under specified name from vector stores
+
+        Args:
+            collection_name: Name of the collection to delete
+        """
+        # a rather ugly chain call but it do the job of finding
+        # original chromadb client and call delete_collection() method
+        if collection_name is None:
+            collection_name = self._client.client.name
+        self._client.client._client.delete_collection(collection_name)
+
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        pass
+
+    def load(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        pass
diff --git a/tests/test_vectorstore.py b/tests/test_vectorstore.py
index 98d34d0..553acea 100644
--- a/tests/test_vectorstore.py
+++ b/tests/test_vectorstore.py
@@ -62,8 +62,31 @@ class TestChromaVectorStore:
         _, _, out_ids = db.query(embedding=[0.42, 0.52, 0.53], top_k=1)
         assert out_ids == ["b"]
 
+    def test_save_load_delete(self, tmp_path):
+        """Test that save/load func behave correctly."""
+        embeddings = [[0.1, 0.2, 0.3], [0.4, 0.5, 0.6], [0.7, 0.8, 0.9]]
+        metadatas = [{"a": 1, "b": 2}, {"a": 3, "b": 4}, {"a": 5, "b": 6}]
+        ids = ["1", "2", "3"]
+        db = ChromaVectorStore(path=str(tmp_path))
+        db.add(embeddings=embeddings, metadatas=metadatas, ids=ids)
+        db.save()
 
-class TestSimpleVectorStore:
+        db2 = ChromaVectorStore(path=str(tmp_path))
+        db2.load()
+        assert (
+            db2._collection.count() == 3
+        ), "load function does not load data completely"
+
+        # test delete collection function
+        db2.delete_collection()
+        # reinit the chroma with the same collection name
+        db2 = ChromaVectorStore(path=str(tmp_path))
+        assert (
+            db2._collection.count() == 0
+        ), "delete collection function does not work correctly"
+
+
+class TestInMemoryVectorStore:
     def test_add(self):
         """Test that add func adds correctly."""
 
@@ -88,7 +111,7 @@ class TestSimpleVectorStore:
         data = json.load(f)
         assert (
             "1" and "2" in data["text_id_to_ref_doc_id"]
-        ), "persist function does not save data completely"
+        ), "save function does not save data completely"
         assert (
             "3" not in data["text_id_to_ref_doc_id"]
         ), "delete function does not delete data completely"
@@ -98,4 +121,4 @@ class TestSimpleVectorStore:
             0.4,
             0.5,
             0.6,
-        ], "persist function does not load data completely"
+        ], "load function does not load data completely"