Delete File

client.files.delete(, ?): DeletedFile

DELETE/v1/files/{file_id}

Delete File

Parameters

fileID: string

ID of the File.

Returns

DeletedFile { id, type }

id: string

ID of the deleted file.

type?: "file_deleted"

Deleted object type.

For file deletion, this is always "file_deleted".

defaultfile_deleted

Delete File

import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";

const client = new Anthropic({
  apiKey: process.env["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"] // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const deletedFile = await client.files.delete("file_id");

console.log(deletedFile.id);

{
  "id": "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w",
  "type": "file_deleted"
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w",
  "type": "file_deleted"
}