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Delete file

FileDeleted files().delete(FileDeleteParamsparams = FileDeleteParams.none(), RequestOptionsrequestOptions = RequestOptions.none())

DELETE/files/{file_id}

Delete a file and remove it from all vector stores.

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FileDeleteParams params

Optional<String> fileId

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class FileDeleted:

String id

boolean deleted

JsonValue; object_ "file"constant"file"constant

Delete file

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package com.openai.example;

import com.openai.client.OpenAIClient;
import com.openai.client.okhttp.OpenAIOkHttpClient;
import com.openai.models.files.FileDeleteParams;
import com.openai.models.files.FileDeleted;

public final class Main {
    private Main() {}

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        OpenAIClient client = OpenAIOkHttpClient.fromEnv();

        FileDeleted fileDeleted = client.files().delete("file_id");
    }
}

200 example

{
  "id": "id",
  "deleted": true,
  "object": "file"
}

Returns Examples

200 example

{
  "id": "id",
  "deleted": true,
  "object": "file"
}