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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 client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env['OPENAI_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const fileDeleted = await client.files.delete('file_id');

console.log(fileDeleted.id);

200 example

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

Returns Examples

200 example

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