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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
}

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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

​
Api-Key
string
header
required

Pinecone API Key

Headers

​
X-Pinecone-Api-Version
string
default:2025-10
required

Required date-based version header

Path Parameters

​
assistant_name
string
required

The name of the assistant to upload files to.

​
assistant_file_id
string
required

The uuid of the file to be described.

Response

The request to delete the file has been accepted.