Models

Delete a fine-tuned model

delete /models/{model}

Delete a fine-tuned model. You must have the Owner role in your organization to delete a model.

Path Parameters

• model: string

Returns

• ModelDeleted object { id, deleted, object }

  • id: string

  • deleted: boolean

  • object: string

Example

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/models/$MODEL \
    -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

Response

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

Example

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/models/ft:gpt-4o-mini:acemeco:suffix:abc123 \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "id": "ft:gpt-4o-mini:acemeco:suffix:abc123",
  "object": "model",
  "deleted": true
}

List models

get /models

Lists the currently available models, and provides basic information about each one such as the owner and availability.

Returns

• data: array of Model

  • id: string

    The model identifier, which can be referenced in the API endpoints.

  • created: number

    The Unix timestamp (in seconds) when the model was created.

  • object: "model"

    The object type, which is always "model".

    • "model"

  • owned_by: string

    The organization that owns the model.

  • shutdown_date: optional string or null

    The date when the model will shut down, or null if not announced.

• object: "list"

  • "list"

Example

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/models \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "id",
      "created": 0,
      "object": "model",
      "owned_by": "owned_by",
      "shutdown_date": "2019-12-27"
    }
  ],
  "object": "list"
}

Example

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/models \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "object": "list",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "model-id-0",
      "object": "model",
      "created": 1686935002,
      "owned_by": "organization-owner",
      "shutdown_date": null
    },
    {
      "id": "model-id-1",
      "object": "model",
      "created": 1686935002,
      "owned_by": "organization-owner",
      "shutdown_date": null
    },
    {
      "id": "model-id-2",
      "object": "model",
      "created": 1686935002,
      "owned_by": "openai",
      "shutdown_date": "2026-10-23"
    },
  ]
}

Retrieve model

get /models/{model}

Retrieves a model instance, providing basic information about the model such as the owner and permissioning.

Path Parameters

• model: string

Returns

• Model object { id, created, object, 2 more }

  Describes an OpenAI model offering that can be used with the API.

  • id: string

    The model identifier, which can be referenced in the API endpoints.

  • created: number

    The Unix timestamp (in seconds) when the model was created.

  • object: "model"

    The object type, which is always "model".

    • "model"

  • owned_by: string

    The organization that owns the model.

  • shutdown_date: optional string or null

    The date when the model will shut down, or null if not announced.

Example

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/models/$MODEL \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "id": "id",
  "created": 0,
  "object": "model",
  "owned_by": "owned_by",
  "shutdown_date": "2019-12-27"
}

Example

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/models/VAR_chat_model_id \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "id": "VAR_chat_model_id",
  "object": "model",
  "created": 1686935002,
  "owned_by": "openai",
  "shutdown_date": "2026-10-23"
}

Domain Types

Model

• Model object { id, created, object, 2 more }

  Describes an OpenAI model offering that can be used with the API.

  • id: string

    The model identifier, which can be referenced in the API endpoints.

  • created: number

    The Unix timestamp (in seconds) when the model was created.

  • object: "model"

    The object type, which is always "model".

    • "model"

  • owned_by: string

    The organization that owns the model.

  • shutdown_date: optional string or null

    The date when the model will shut down, or null if not announced.

Model Deleted

• ModelDeleted object { id, deleted, object }

  • id: string

  • deleted: boolean

  • object: string