> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.voyager.so/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Delete a file

> Delete a file now. A file a running job still uses, or one saved in a Cast card, is 409 ``asset_in_use``.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/voyager-api.yaml delete /files/{file_id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Voyager API
  description: >-
    Generate images, video, speech, music, sound effects and 3D with your
    Voyager workspace's credits. Authenticate with `Authorization: Bearer
    vy_live_…`. Every response carries `X-Request-ID` and the
    `X-RateLimit-Limit` / `X-RateLimit-Remaining` / `X-RateLimit-Reset` (seconds
    until the window resets) headers; a 429 adds `Retry-After`. Errors share one
    envelope (`ErrorResponse`).
  version: 1.0.0
  x-voyager-agent-prompt: >
    Set up the Voyager API in this project.


    Voyager generates images, video, speech, music, sound effects, 3D and object
    masks with the same models

    and credits as the Voyager app. Docs: https://docs.voyager.so/api 
    (agent-readable:

    https://docs.voyager.so/llms.txt, OpenAPI:
    https://api.voyager.so/v1/openapi.json)


    1. Key: read it from the env var VOYAGER_API_KEY. Never hard-code it or
    commit it; add
       VOYAGER_API_KEY= to .env.example and make sure .env is git-ignored. If it's missing,
       ask me to create one at https://voyager.so/dashboard/api (paid plans).
    2. Base URL https://api.voyager.so/v1, header: Authorization: Bearer
    $VOYAGER_API_KEY

    3. Pick a model: GET
    /models?type=image|video|speech|music|sound_effect|3d|segment. Read
       GET /models/{id} for its input_schema before building a request.
    4. Optional cost check: POST /estimate with the same body as step 5; it
    returns
       estimated_charge (credits) and can_run.
    5. Create: POST /jobs {"model": "<id>", "operation": "<op>", "input": {...}}
    with an Idempotency-Key header
       (a new UUID per logical request; reuse it when retrying the same request).
    6. Wait: GET /jobs/{id}?wait=25 until status is succeeded, failed or
    canceled
       (honor Retry-After / poll_after_ms). Or pass "webhook_url" and verify the
       Standard Webhooks signature with the secret from the dashboard.
    7. Results: job.outputs[].url is a signed link valid for 1 hour; download it
    right
       away, or GET /jobs/{id} again for a fresh link. Files are kept 30 days.
    8. Errors are {"error": {"code","message","retryable",...}}. 402 = out of
    credits or
       not on a paid plan (show error.details.upgrade_url to me). 429 = slow down: wait
       Retry-After seconds. Retry only when retryable is true, with the same Idempotency-Key.

    Minimal example (curl):
      curl -s https://api.voyager.so/v1/jobs \
        -H "Authorization: Bearer $VOYAGER_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
        -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
        -d '{"model":"nano-banana-2.1","operation":"text-to-image","input":{"prompt":"a red fox in snow","aspect_ratio":"16:9"}}'
      curl -s "https://api.voyager.so/v1/jobs/<job id>?wait=25" -H "Authorization: Bearer $VOYAGER_API_KEY"

    Write a small typed client (create → wait → download) with retries as above,
    then

    generate one test image to prove it works and tell me what it cost
    (job.credits.charged;

    if credits.state is still "pending", report job.credits.estimated and say
    it's an estimate).
servers:
  - url: https://api.voyager.so/v1
    description: Production
security: []
paths:
  /files/{file_id}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Files
      summary: Delete a file
      description: >-
        Delete a file now. A file a running job still uses, or one saved in a
        Cast card, is 409 ``asset_in_use``.
      operationId: deleteFile
      parameters:
        - name: file_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            title: File Id
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Successful Response
          headers:
            X-Request-ID:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-ID'
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
        '401':
          description: Missing, invalid or revoked API key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          headers:
            X-Request-ID:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-ID'
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
        '404':
          description: Not found in this workspace.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          headers:
            X-Request-ID:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-ID'
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
        '409':
          description: Conflict with the resource's current state.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          headers:
            X-Request-ID:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-ID'
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
        '429':
          description: Rate limited. Retry after Retry-After seconds.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          headers:
            X-Request-ID:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-ID'
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
            Retry-After:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After'
        '503':
          description: Temporarily unavailable. Retry with backoff.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          headers:
            X-Request-ID:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-ID'
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  headers:
    X-Request-ID:
      description: This request's id (also error.request_id).
      schema:
        type: string
    X-RateLimit-Limit:
      description: >-
        Requests allowed per 60 seconds in this bucket (120 writes or 600 reads
        per minute per key).
      schema:
        type: integer
    X-RateLimit-Remaining:
      description: Requests left in this window.
      schema:
        type: integer
    X-RateLimit-Reset:
      description: Seconds until the window resets.
      schema:
        type: integer
    Retry-After:
      description: Seconds to wait before retrying.
      schema:
        type: integer
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorBody'
          description: What went wrong.
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      title: ErrorResponse
      description: Every non-2xx answer.
    ErrorBody:
      properties:
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorType'
          description: Stable category to branch on.
        code:
          type: string
          enum:
            - invalid_request
            - invalid_input
            - content_policy
            - upstream_unavailable
            - rate_limited
            - queue_full
            - model_unavailable
            - model_not_found
            - insufficient_credits
            - paid_plan_required
            - model_not_in_plan
            - model_access_required
            - outcome_unknown
            - expired
            - not_found
            - conflict
            - forbidden
            - internal_error
            - catalog_unavailable
            - billing_unavailable
            - no_voyager_seat
            - credits_reloading
            - cast_not_supported
            - voice_cloning_unavailable
            - too_many_references
            - payload_too_large
            - upload_too_large
            - intake_full
            - invalid_url
            - fetch_failed
            - unsupported_file
            - invalid_api_key
            - idempotency_conflict
            - idempotency_in_flight
            - invalid_idempotency_key
            - invalid_cursor
            - invalid_webhook_url
            - method_not_allowed
            - account_unavailable
            - plan_required_for_faces
            - version_conflict
            - slug_taken
            - already_referenced
            - asset_in_use
            - upload_incomplete
            - cancel_unsupported
            - unsupported_model
            - invalid_job_id
            - voice_required
            - observation_timeout
            - reference_unavailable
            - queue_timeout
            - reference_missing
          title: Code
          description: >-
            Stable machine code; never renamed once published (x-voyager-errors
            lists each).
        message:
          type: string
          title: Message
          description: For developers. Not localized.
        doc_url:
          type: string
          title: Doc Url
          description: https://docs.voyager.so/api/errors#<code>
        request_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Request Id
          description: Also in the X-Request-ID header; quote it to support.
        retryable:
          anyOf:
            - type: boolean
            - type: 'null'
          title: Retryable
          description: Whether the same request can succeed later.
        retry_after_ms:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          title: Retry After Ms
          description: How long to wait before retrying.
        param:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Param
          description: >-
            The request field at fault, as a path (e.g. input.resolution); set
            on invalid_input.
        details:
          anyOf:
            - additionalProperties: true
              type: object
            - type: 'null'
          title: Details
          description: Code-specific detail, e.g. upgrade_url on a billing wall.
      type: object
      required:
        - type
        - code
        - message
        - doc_url
      title: ErrorBody
    ErrorType:
      type: string
      enum:
        - invalid_request
        - authentication
        - permission
        - not_found
        - conflict
        - rate_limited
        - idempotency_conflict
        - unprocessable
        - upstream_error
        - internal_error
      title: ErrorType
      description: Closed set of high-level categories SDKs branch on.
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      description: A Voyager API key from https://voyager.so/dashboard/api.
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: vy_live_…

````

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