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Delete a Message Batch

$ ant messages:batches delete
DELETE/v1/messages/batches/{message_batch_id}

Delete a Message Batch.

Message Batches can only be deleted once they've finished processing. If you'd like to delete an in-progress batch, you must first cancel it.

Learn more about the Message Batches API in our user guide

Parameters
--message-batch-id: string

ID of the Message Batch.

Returns
deleted_message_batch: object{ id, type }
id: string

ID of the Message Batch.

type: "message_batch_deleted"

Deleted object type.

For Message Batches, this is always "message_batch_deleted".

Delete a Message Batch

ant messages:batches delete \
  --api-key my-anthropic-api-key \
  --message-batch-id message_batch_id
{
  "id": "msgbatch_013Zva2CMHLNnXjNJJKqJ2EF",
  "type": "message_batch_deleted"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "msgbatch_013Zva2CMHLNnXjNJJKqJ2EF",
  "type": "message_batch_deleted"
}