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Vector Stores

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Delete vector store file

vector_stores.files.delete(strfile_id, FileDeleteParams**kwargs) -> VectorStoreFileDeleted

DELETE/vector_stores/{vector_store_id}/files/{file_id}

Delete a vector store file. This will remove the file from the vector store but the file itself will not be deleted. To delete the file, use the delete file endpoint.

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vector_store_id: str

file_id: str

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class VectorStoreFileDeleted: …

id: str

deleted: bool

object: Literal["vector_store.file.deleted"]

Delete vector store file

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from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()

deleted_vector_store_file = client.vector_stores.files.delete(
    vector_store_id="vs_abc123",
    file_id="file-abc123"
)
print(deleted_vector_store_file)

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

Returns Examples

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