Delete a Message Batch

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

Path parameters

message_batch_id: string

ID of the Message Batch.

Returns

DeletedMessageBatch 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".

defaultmessage_batch_deleted

Delete a Message Batch

curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages/batches/$MESSAGE_BATCH_ID \
    -X DELETE \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"

{
  "id": "msgbatch_013Zva2CMHLNnXjNJJKqJ2EF",
  "type": "message_batch_deleted"
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "msgbatch_013Zva2CMHLNnXjNJJKqJ2EF",
  "type": "message_batch_deleted"
}