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Deletes a file, either permanently or by moving it to the trash.
The the enterprise settings determine whether the item will be permanently deleted from Box or moved to the trash.
Request
Path Parameters
12345The unique identifier that represents a file.
The ID for any file can be determined
by visiting a file in the web application
and copying the ID from the URL. For example,
for the URL https://*.app.box.com/files/123
the file_id is 123.
Request Headers
1Ensures this item hasn't recently changed before making changes.
Pass in the item's last observed etag value
into this header and the endpoint will fail
with a 412 Precondition Failed if it
has changed since.
Response
Returns an empty response when the file has been successfully deleted.
Returned when the access token provided in the Authorization header
is not recognized or not provided.
Returned if the file is not found or has already been deleted, or the user does not have access to the file.
Returned if the file_id is not in a recognized format.
Returns an error when the If-Match header does not match
the current etag value of the file. This indicates that the file
has changed since it was last requested.
An unexpected client error.
Request Example
curl -i -X DELETE "https://api.box.com/2.0/files/12345" \
-H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"await parentClient.files.deleteFileById(file.id);parent_client.files.delete_file_by_id(file.id)await parentClient.Files.DeleteFileByIdAsync(fileId: file.Id);try await parentClient.files.deleteFileById(fileId: file.id)BoxFile file = new BoxFile(api, "id");
file.delete();client.file(file_id='11111').delete()await client.FilesManager.DeleteAsync(id: "11111");client.files.delete('11111', { etag: '5' })
.then(() => {
// File successfully deleted
})
.catch(err => {
if (err.statusCode === 412) {
// Precondition failed — the file was modified before the deletion was processed
// Read the file again to ensure it is safe to delete and then retry
}
});