Delete an uploaded file
For guidance and examples, see Manage files.
# To use the Python SDK, install the plugin:
# pip install --upgrade pinecone pinecone-plugin-assistant
from pinecone import Pinecone
pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
# Get your assistant.
assistant = pc.assistant.Assistant(
assistant_name="example-assistant",
)
# Delete a file from your assistant.
assistant.delete_file(file_id="070513b3-022f-4966-b583-a9b12e0290ff")import { Pinecone } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone'
const pc = new Pinecone({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' });
const assistantName = 'example-assistant';
const assistant = pc.Assistant(assistantName);
const file = await assistant.deleteFile("070513b3-022f-4966-b583-a9b12e0290ff")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: 2025-04"DELETE /files/{assistant_name}/{assistant_file_id}
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”assistant_name(path, string, required) — The name of the assistant to upload files to.assistant_file_id(path, string, required) — The uuid of the file to be described.
Responses
Section titled “Responses”200— The request to delete the file has been accepted.401— Unauthorized. Possible causes: Invalid API key.404— File not found.500— Internal server error.