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# Delete an uploaded file

> Delete an uploaded file before it expires. Review the HTTP 204 response, including when the file ID is already deleted or was never valid.

Delete an uploaded file before it expires. The response is HTTP 204, including when the file ID is already deleted or was never valid.

Start with [Parse your first document](/transform/first-request).


## OpenAPI

````yaml transform/api/production-openapi.json DELETE /api/v2/upload/{fileId}
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Unstructured Transform API
  version: 0.1.0
  description: >-
    One document in, the parsed document back. A single call takes a document
    and returns structured output; no job graph, no strategy selection, no model
    provider setup, and no polling loop. An optional schema switches the request
    from parse-only to parse-then-extract.
servers:
  - url: https://transform.unstructured.io
    description: Transform API
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
  - BearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Parse
    description: Document parsing and structured extraction.
  - name: Extract
    description: Structured fields from a parse that already exists.
  - name: Jobs
    description: Status and results of jobs.
  - name: Upload
    description: Upload and manage scratch documents
paths:
  /api/v2/upload/{fileId}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Upload
      summary: Delete an uploaded file
      description: >-
        Delete a file from scratch storage before it expires. Idempotent: a file
        id that is already deleted or was never valid also returns 204. Deleting
        a source file does not delete jobs or results that reference it. If a
        queued job has not consumed the source yet, deleting the file may cause
        that job to fail.
      operationId: uploadDelete
      parameters:
        - name: fileId
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
          description: The ID of the uploaded file.
      responses:
        '204':
          description: >-
            File deleted, or already absent. No body. Deletion is idempotent, so
            a repeated or unknown file id is not distinguishable from a first
            successful delete.
        '401':
          description: The caller must provide a valid credential to delete a file.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                authenticationRequired:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/AuthenticationRequired'
        '500':
          description: The file could not be deleted because of an internal error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                internalFailure:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/UploadInternalFailure'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - code
        - message
      description: A machine-readable code and an actionable message.
      properties:
        code:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorCode'
        message:
          type: string
          description: What went wrong, and what to do about it.
    ErrorCode:
      type: string
      enum:
        - invalid_input
        - missing_input
        - invalid_output_format
        - output_option_unavailable
        - malformed_schema_json
        - schema_too_large
        - invalid_schema
        - unauthorized
        - quota_exceeded
        - file_too_large
        - unsupported_file_type
        - could_not_parse
        - rate_limited
        - parse_job_failed
        - profile_unavailable
        - result_expired
        - parse_not_complete
        - parse_expired
        - internal_error
        - not_found
        - method_not_allowed
        - job_not_terminal
        - forbidden
  examples:
    AuthenticationRequired:
      summary: Credential is missing or invalid
      value:
        code: unauthorized
        message: >-
          Authentication required: send either an 'unstructured-api-key' header
          or 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'.
    UploadInternalFailure:
      summary: File operation failed internally
      value:
        code: internal_error
        message: The file operation could not be completed. Retry the request.
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: unstructured-api-key
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT

````