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Delete file

files.delete(file_id) -> FileDeleted { id, deleted, object }

DELETE/files/{file_id}

Delete a file and remove it from all vector stores.

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file_id: String

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class FileDeleted { id, deleted, object }

id: String

deleted: bool

object: :file

Delete file

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Ruby

require "openai"

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

file_deleted = openai.files.delete("file_id")

puts(file_deleted)

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

Returns Examples

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