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Delete file

files.delete(strfile_id) -> FileDeleted

DELETE/files/{file_id}

Delete a file and remove it from all vector stores.

ParametersExpand Collapse

file_id: str

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class FileDeleted: …

id: str

deleted: bool

object: Literal["file"]

default

Delete file

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from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()

client.files.delete("file-abc123")

{
  "id": "file-abc123",
  "object": "file",
  "deleted": true
}

Returns Examples

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