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# Delete File

> Delete a specific file by its ID.

### **Code Examples**

<CodeGroup>
  ```http cURL theme={null}
  curl --request DELETE \
    --url 'https://api.tess.im/files/{fileId}' \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
  ```

  ```json Node.js theme={null}
  const axios = require('axios');

  const config = {
    method: 'delete',
    url: 'https://api.tess.im/files/{fileId}',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
    }
  };

  try {
    const response = await axios(config);
    console.log(response.data);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
  }
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  url = "https://api.tess.im/files/{fileId}"
  headers = {
      "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
  }

  response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
  print(response.json())
  ```

  ```php PHP theme={null}
  <?php
  $curl = curl_init();

  curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.tess.im/files/{fileId}",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
      "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
    ]
  ]);

  $response = curl_exec($curl);
  $err = curl_error($curl);

  curl_close($curl);

  if ($err) {
    echo "Error: " . $err;
  } else {
    echo $response;
  }
  ```

  ```java Java theme={null}
  import java.net.URI;
  import java.net.http.HttpClient;
  import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
  import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

  HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
  HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
      .uri(URI.create("https://api.tess.im/files/{fileId}"))
      .header("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
      .DELETE()
      .build();

  HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request,
      HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
  System.out.println(response.body());
  ```

  ```go Go theme={null}
  package main

  import (
      "fmt"
      "io/ioutil"
      "net/http"
  )

  func main() {
      client := &http.Client{}
      req, err := http.NewRequest("DELETE", "https://api.tess.im/files/{fileId}", nil)
      if err != nil {
          fmt.Println(err)
          return
      }
      
      req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
      
      resp, err := client.Do(req)
      if err != nil {
          fmt.Println(err)
          return
      }
      defer resp.Body.Close()
      
      body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
      if err != nil {
          fmt.Println(err)
          return
      }
      
      
      fmt.Println(string(body))
  }
  ```

  ```jsonnet .NET theme={null}
  using System;
  using System.Net.Http;
  using System.Threading.Tasks;

  class Program
  {
      static async Task Main(string[] args)
      {
          using (var client = new HttpClient())
          {
              client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY");
              
              try
              {
                  var response = await client.DeleteAsync("https://api.tess.im/files/{fileId}");
                  response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
                  string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
                  Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
              }
              catch(HttpRequestException e)
              {
                  Console.WriteLine("\nException Caught!");
                  Console.WriteLine("Message :{0} ",e.Message);
              }
          }
      }
  }
  ```

  ```ruby Ruby theme={null}
  require 'uri'
  require 'net/http'
  require 'json'

  uri = URI('https://api.tess.im/files/{fileId}')
  http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
  http.use_ssl = true

  request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(uri)
  request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'

  response = http.request(request)
  puts response.read_body
  ```
</CodeGroup>

### **Path Parameters**

<ParamField path="fileId" type="string" required>
  The ID of the file to delete
</ParamField>

### **Response**

```json theme={null}
{
"id": "73325",
"object": "file",
"deleted": true
}
```