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Delete file

files.delete(strfile_id) -> FileDeleted

delete /files/{file_id}

Delete a file and remove it from all vector stores.

Parameters

  • file_id: str

Returns

  • class FileDeleted: …

    • id: str

    • deleted: bool

    • object: Literal["file"]

      • "file"

Example

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
file_deleted = client.files.delete(
    "file_id",
)
print(file_deleted.id)

Response

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

Example

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()

client.files.delete("file-abc123")

Response

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