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Delete File

DELETE/v1/files/{file_id}

Delete File

Path parameters
file_id: string

ID of the File.

Headers
"anthropic-beta": optional array of AnthropicBeta

Optional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.

One of the following:
string
"message-batches-2024-09-24" or "prompt-caching-2024-07-31" or "computer-use-2024-10-22" or 31 more
One of the following:
"message-batches-2024-09-24"
"prompt-caching-2024-07-31"
"computer-use-2024-10-22"
"computer-use-2025-01-24"
"pdfs-2024-09-25"
"token-counting-2024-11-01"
"token-efficient-tools-2025-02-19"
"output-128k-2025-02-19"
"files-api-2025-04-14"
"mcp-client-2025-04-04"
"mcp-client-2025-11-20"
"dev-full-thinking-2025-05-14"
"interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14"
"code-execution-2025-05-22"
"extended-cache-ttl-2025-04-11"
"context-1m-2025-08-07"
"context-management-2025-06-27"
"model-context-window-exceeded-2025-08-26"
"skills-2025-10-02"
"fast-mode-2026-02-01"
"output-300k-2026-03-24"
"user-profiles-2026-03-24"
"user-profiles-2026-08-18"
"advisor-tool-2026-03-01"
"managed-agents-2026-04-01"
"cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07"
"dreaming-2026-04-21"
"thinking-token-count-2026-05-13"
"server-side-fallback-2026-06-01"
"server-side-fallback-2026-07-01"
"fallback-credit-2026-06-01"
"fallback-credit-2026-07-01"
"agent-memory-2026-07-22"
"mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01"
Returns
BetaDeletedFile object{ id, type }
id: string

ID of the deleted file.

type: optional "file_deleted"

Deleted object type.

For file deletion, this is always "file_deleted".

defaultfile_deleted

Delete File

curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/files/$FILE_ID \
    -X DELETE \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H 'anthropic-beta: files-api-2025-04-14' \
    -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"
{
  "id": "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w",
  "type": "file_deleted"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w",
  "type": "file_deleted"
}