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

Delete an item

delete /conversations/{conversation_id}/items/{item_id}

Delete an item from a conversation with the given IDs.

Path Parameters

• conversation_id: string

• item_id: string

Returns

• Conversation object { id, created_at, metadata, object }

  • id: string

    The unique ID of the conversation.

  • created_at: number

    The time at which the conversation was created, measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.

  • metadata: unknown

    Set of 16 key-value pairs that can be attached to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format, and querying for objects via API or the dashboard. Keys are strings with a maximum length of 64 characters. Values are strings with a maximum length of 512 characters.

  • object: "conversation"

    The object type, which is always conversation.

    • "conversation"

Example

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/conversations/$CONVERSATION_ID/items/$ITEM_ID \
    -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": 0,
  "metadata": {},
  "object": "conversation"
}

Example

curl -X DELETE https://api.openai.com/v1/conversations/conv_123/items/msg_abc \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "id": "conv_123",
  "object": "conversation",
  "created_at": 1741900000,
  "metadata": {"topic": "demo"}
}