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Conversations

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Delete an item

conversations.items.delete(item_id, **kwargs) -> Conversation { id, created_at, metadata, object }

DELETE/conversations/{conversation_id}/items/{item_id}

Delete an item from a conversation with the given IDs.

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conversation_id: String

item_id: String

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class Conversation { id, created_at, metadata, object }

id: String

The unique ID of the conversation.

created_at: Integer

The time at which the conversation was created, measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.

metadata: untyped

Set of 16 key-value pairs that can be attached to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format, and querying for objects via API or the dashboard. Keys are strings with a maximum length of 64 characters. Values are strings with a maximum length of 512 characters.

object: :conversation

The object type, which is always conversation.

Delete an item

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require "openai"

openai = OpenAI::Client.new(api_key: "My API Key")

conversation = openai.conversations.items.delete("msg_abc", conversation_id: "conv_123")

puts(conversation)

{
  "id": "conv_123",
  "object": "conversation",
  "created_at": 1741900000,
  "metadata": {"topic": "demo"}
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "conv_123",
  "object": "conversation",
  "created_at": 1741900000,
  "metadata": {"topic": "demo"}
}