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Delete file

client.files.delete(stringfileID, RequestOptionsoptions?): FileDeleted { id, deleted, object }

DELETE/files/{file_id}

Delete a file and remove it from all vector stores.

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fileID: string

ReturnsExpand Collapse

FileDeleted { id, deleted, object }

id: string

deleted: boolean

object: "file"

Delete file

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import OpenAI from "openai";

const openai = new OpenAI();

async function main() {
  const file = await openai.files.delete("file-abc123");

  console.log(file);
}

main();

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

Returns Examples

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