API Reference

Conversations

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Delete a conversation

$ openai conversations delete

DELETE/conversations/{conversation_id}

Delete a conversation. Items in the conversation will not be deleted.

ParametersExpand Collapse

--conversation-id: string

The ID of the conversation to delete.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

conversation_deleted_resource: object { id, deleted, object }

id: string

deleted: boolean

object: "conversation.deleted"

Delete a conversation

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CLI Tool

openai conversations delete \
  --api-key 'My API Key' \
  --conversation-id conv_123

{
  "id": "conv_123",
  "object": "conversation.deleted",
  "deleted": true
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "conv_123",
  "object": "conversation.deleted",
  "deleted": true
}