resources/beta/subresources/threads/methods/delete/index.md 2026-04-11 05:41 UTC to 2026-04-15 05:55 UTC

Delete thread

delete /threads/{thread_id}

Delete a thread.

Path Parameters

• thread_id: string

Returns

• ThreadDeleted object { id, deleted, object }

  • id: string

  • deleted: boolean

  • object: "thread.deleted"

    • "thread.deleted"

Example

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/threads/$THREAD_ID \
    -X DELETE \
    -H 'OpenAI-Beta: assistants=v2' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "id": "id",
  "deleted": true,
  "object": "thread.deleted"
}

Example

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/threads/thread_abc123 \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
  -H "OpenAI-Beta: assistants=v2" \
  -X DELETE

Response

{
  "id": "thread_abc123",
  "object": "thread.deleted",
  "deleted": true
}