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Permanently deletes a file that is in the trash. This action cannot be undone.
Request
bearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]
application/json
Path Parameters
stringin pathrequired
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.
Response
none
Returns an empty response when the file was permanently deleted.
application/jsonClient error
Returns an error if the file is not in the trash.
application/jsonClient error
An unexpected client error.
Request Example
cURL
curl -i -X DELETE "https://api.box.com/2.0/files/12345/trash" \
-H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"TypeScript Gen
await client.trashedFiles.deleteTrashedFileById(file.id);Python Gen
client.trashed_files.delete_trashed_file_by_id(file.id).NET Gen
await client.TrashedFiles.DeleteTrashedFileByIdAsync(fileId: file.Id);Swift Gen (Beta)
try await client.trashedFiles.deleteTrashedFileById(fileId: file.id)Java
String fileID = "87398";
BoxTrash trash = new BoxTrash(api);
trash.deleteFile(fileID);Python
file_to_delete = client.file(file_id='11111')
client.trash().permanently_delete_item(file_to_delete)
print('The file was deleted from trash!').NET
await client.FilesManager.PurgeTrashedAsync("11111");Node
client.files.deletePermanently('11111')
.then(() => {
// deletion succeeded — no value returned
});