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Delete a Message Batch

messages.batches.delete(message_batch_id) -> DeletedMessageBatch
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
class DeletedMessageBatch { 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

require "anthropic"

anthropic = Anthropic::Client.new(api_key: "my-anthropic-api-key")

deleted_message_batch = anthropic.messages.batches.delete("message_batch_id")

puts(deleted_message_batch)
{
  "id": "msgbatch_013Zva2CMHLNnXjNJJKqJ2EF",
  "type": "message_batch_deleted"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "msgbatch_013Zva2CMHLNnXjNJJKqJ2EF",
  "type": "message_batch_deleted"
}