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Beta

Threads

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Delete thread

Deprecated

beta.threads.delete(strthread_id) -> ThreadDeleted

DELETE/threads/{thread_id}

Delete a thread.

ParametersExpand Collapse

thread_id: str

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class ThreadDeleted: …

id: str

deleted: bool

object: Literal["thread.deleted"]

Delete thread

Python

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Python

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from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()

response = client.beta.threads.delete("thread_abc123")
print(response)

{
  "id": "thread_abc123",
  "object": "thread.deleted",
  "deleted": true
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "thread_abc123",
  "object": "thread.deleted",
  "deleted": true
}