resources/videos/methods/delete/index.md 2026-09-10 18:01 UTC to 2026-09-11 20:00 UTC

Delete a video

delete /videos/{video_id}

Permanently delete a completed or failed video and its stored assets.

Path Parameters

• video_id: string

Returns

• id: string

  Identifier of the deleted video.

• deleted: boolean

  Indicates that the video resource was deleted.

• object: "video.deleted"

  The object type that signals the deletion response.

  • "video.deleted"

Example

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

Response

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