resources/chat/subresources/completions/methods/delete/index.md 2026-07-10 23:02 UTC to 2026-07-12 06:58 UTC

Delete chat completion

delete /chat/completions/{completion_id}

Delete a stored chat completion. Only Chat Completions that have been created with the store parameter set to true can be deleted.

Path Parameters

• completion_id: string

Returns

• ChatCompletionDeleted object { id, deleted, object }

  • id: string

    The ID of the chat completion that was deleted.

  • deleted: boolean

    Whether the chat completion was deleted.

  • object: "chat.completion.deleted"

    The type of object being deleted.

    • "chat.completion.deleted"

Example

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions/$COMPLETION_ID \
    -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "id": "id",
  "deleted": true,
  "object": "chat.completion.deleted"
}

Example

curl -X DELETE https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions/chat_abc123 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Response

{
  "object": "chat.completion.deleted",
  "id": "chatcmpl-AyPNinnUqUDYo9SAdA52NobMflmj2",
  "deleted": true
}