PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
ASSISTANT_NAME="example-assistant"
FILE_ID="070513b3-022f-4966-b583-a9b12e0290ff"
curl -X DELETE "https://prod-1-data.ke.pinecone.io/assistant/files/$ASSISTANT_NAME/$FILE_ID" \
-H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-10"
{
"error": {
"code": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
"message": "Invalid API key."
},
"status": 401
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "File with id 72490b32-46d9-4db1-b48b-666e9176d9be not found in provided assistant"
},
"status": 404
}{
"error": {
"code": "UNKNOWN",
"message": "Internal server error"
},
"status": 500
}Files
Delete an uploaded file
Delete an uploaded file from an assistant.
For guidance and examples, see Manage files.
DELETE
/
files
/
{assistant_name}
/
{assistant_file_id}
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
ASSISTANT_NAME="example-assistant"
FILE_ID="070513b3-022f-4966-b583-a9b12e0290ff"
curl -X DELETE "https://prod-1-data.ke.pinecone.io/assistant/files/$ASSISTANT_NAME/$FILE_ID" \
-H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-10"
{
"error": {
"code": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
"message": "Invalid API key."
},
"status": 401
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "File with id 72490b32-46d9-4db1-b48b-666e9176d9be not found in provided assistant"
},
"status": 404
}{
"error": {
"code": "UNKNOWN",
"message": "Internal server error"
},
"status": 500
}You can delete a file while it is still processing. You do not need to wait for processing to complete.
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
ASSISTANT_NAME="example-assistant"
FILE_ID="070513b3-022f-4966-b583-a9b12e0290ff"
curl -X DELETE "https://prod-1-data.ke.pinecone.io/assistant/files/$ASSISTANT_NAME/$FILE_ID" \
-H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-10"
Authorizations
Pinecone API Key
Headers
Required date-based version header
Path Parameters
The name of the assistant to upload files to.
The uuid of the file to be described.
Response
The request to delete the file has been accepted.
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