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Delete a Message Batch

$ ant beta:messages:batches delete
DELETE/v1/messages/batches/{message_batch_id}

Delete a Message Batch.

Message Batches can only be deleted once they've finished processing. If you'd like to delete an in-progress batch, you must first cancel it.

Learn more about the Message Batches API in our user guide

Parameters
--message-batch-id: string

ID of the Message Batch.

--beta: optional array of AnthropicBeta

Optional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.

--workspace-id: optional string

Optional header to select the Workspace for this request. The value is a Workspace ID (for example, wrkspc_011CZkZaBF1tNoB5wlCeusgy).

Only needed for credentials that can act on more than one Workspace. A credential that belongs to a specific Workspace may omit it; if sent, it must match that Workspace.

Returns
beta_deleted_message_batch: object{ type: "message_batch_deleted", id }
type: "message_batch_deleted"

Deleted object type.

For Message Batches, this is always "message_batch_deleted".

id: string

ID of the Message Batch.

Delete a Message Batch
ant beta:messages:batches delete \
  --api-key my-anthropic-api-key \
  --message-batch-id message_batch_id
Returns Examples
Response 200
{
  "id": "msgbatch_013Zva2CMHLNnXjNJJKqJ2EF",
  "type": "message_batch_deleted"
}