resources/chat/subresources/completions/methods/delete/index.md 2026-05-18 22:01 UTC to 2026-05-19 06:34 UTC

1## Delete chat completion

2 

3**delete** `/chat/completions/{completion_id}`

4 

5Delete a stored chat completion. Only Chat Completions that have been

6created with the `store` parameter set to `true` can be deleted.

7 

8### Path Parameters

9 

10- `completion_id: string`

11 

12### Returns

13 

14- `ChatCompletionDeleted object { id, deleted, object }`

15 

16 - `id: string`

17 

18 The ID of the chat completion that was deleted.

19 

20 - `deleted: boolean`

21 

22 Whether the chat completion was deleted.

23 

24 - `object: "chat.completion.deleted"`

25 

26 The type of object being deleted.

27 

28 - `"chat.completion.deleted"`

29 

30### Example

31 

32```http

33curl https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions/$COMPLETION_ID \

34 -X DELETE \

35 -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

36```

37 

38#### Response

39 

40```json

41{

42 "id": "id",

43 "deleted": true,

44 "object": "chat.completion.deleted"

45}

46```

47 

48### Example

49 

50```http

51curl -X DELETE https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions/chat_abc123 \

52 -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \

53 -H "Content-Type: application/json"

54```

55 

56#### Response

57 

58```json

59{

60 "object": "chat.completion.deleted",

61 "id": "chatcmpl-AyPNinnUqUDYo9SAdA52NobMflmj2",

62 "deleted": true

63}

64```