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# Delete all files matching a prefix (bulk delete)

DELETE /v1/files

S3/blob-style bulk delete: remove every uploaded file whose key starts with *prefix* (e.g. `data/2024/` deletes all files in that virtual folder). Only upload-side files are affected; sandbox output files cannot be bulk-deleted. Returns the count of files actually removed. Anthropic SDK callers can reach this via `client.beta.files.with_raw_response` or a plain `httpx` call with `extra_query={...prefix: data/2024/...}`.

Reference: https://docs.privategpt.dev/api-reference/files/delete-by-prefix-v-1-files-delete

## Request

### Query parameters

- `scope_id` (string, required) — Session / container identifier.
- `prefix` (string, required) — Key prefix to delete. All uploaded files whose relative path starts with this string are removed. Must be non-empty. A trailing `/` is recommended to avoid accidentally deleting sibling keys that share the same prefix string (e.g. use `data/2024/` not `data/2024`).
- `namespace` (string, optional, default: session) — Namespace to delete from. Defaults to 'session'.

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `prefix` (string, required) — The key prefix that was deleted.
- `deleted_count` (integer, required) — Number of files actually removed.
- `type` ("prefix_deleted", optional, default: prefix_deleted) — Object type discriminator, always 'prefix_deleted'.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

prefix is missing or empty.

- `any`

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `any`

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation Error

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional) — detail field.

### 503 Service Unavailable Error

Files API not configured.

- `any`

## Types

### ValidationError

ValidationError schema.

- `loc` (list of ValidationErrorLocItems, required) — loc field.
- `msg` (string, required) — msg field.
- `type` (string, required) — type field.
- `input` (any, optional) — input field.
- `ctx` (ValidationErrorCtx, optional) — ctx field.

### ValidationErrorLocItems

### ValidationErrorCtx

ctx field.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "prefix": "data/2024/",
  "deleted_count": 3,
  "type": "prefix_deleted"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.example.com/v1/files"

querystring = {"prefix":"prefix","scope_id":"scope_id"}

response = requests.delete(url, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.example.com/v1/files?prefix=prefix&scope_id=scope_id';
const options = {method: 'DELETE'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.example.com/v1/files?prefix=prefix&scope_id=scope_id"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.example.com/v1/files?prefix=prefix&scope_id=scope_id")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.example.com/v1/files?prefix=prefix&scope_id=scope_id")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://api.example.com/v1/files?prefix=prefix&scope_id=scope_id');

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.example.com/v1/files?prefix=prefix&scope_id=scope_id");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.example.com/v1/files?prefix=prefix&scope_id=scope_id")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```