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

# Delete a file

> Delete a file from database and optionally from R2 storage



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://api.weblinq.dev/doc post /v1/files/delete
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: WebLinq API
  description: WebLinq API for web scraping, search, and content extraction
servers:
  - url: https://api.weblinq.dev
    description: Production API Server
  - url: http://localhost:8787
    description: Local Development Server
security: []
paths:
  /v1/files/delete:
    post:
      tags:
        - Files
      summary: Delete a file
      description: Delete a file from database and optionally from R2 storage
      requestBody:
        description: File deletion parameters
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                fileId:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
                deleteFromR2:
                  type: boolean
                  default: false
                  description: Also delete the file from R2 storage
              required:
                - fileId
      responses:
        '200':
          description: File deleted successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                    enum:
                      - true
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      fileId:
                        type: string
                      wasFound:
                        type: boolean
                      deletedFromDatabase:
                        type: boolean
                      deletedFromR2:
                        type: boolean
                      deletedFile:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          id:
                            type: string
                          type:
                            type: string
                            enum:
                              - screenshot
                              - pdf
                          url:
                            type: string
                          filename:
                            type: string
                          r2_key:
                            type: string
                          public_url:
                            type: string
                          metadata:
                            type: string
                          created_at:
                            type: string
                          expires_at:
                            type: string
                        required:
                          - id
                          - type
                          - url
                          - filename
                          - r2_key
                          - public_url
                          - metadata
                          - created_at
                      error:
                        type: string
                    required:
                      - fileId
                      - wasFound
                      - deletedFromDatabase
                      - deletedFromR2
                  creditsCost:
                    type: number
                    description: Credits consumed by this operation
                  requestId:
                    type: string
                    format: uuid
                    description: Unique request identifier for tracing
                  timestamp:
                    type: string
                    format: date-time
                    description: ISO timestamp when the response was generated
                required:
                  - success
                  - data
                  - requestId
                  - timestamp
        '401':
          description: Authentication required
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                    enum:
                      - false
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      message:
                        type: string
                      code:
                        type: string
                      requestId:
                        type: string
                        format: uuid
                    required:
                      - message
                      - code
                required:
                  - success
                  - error
                example:
                  success: false
                  error:
                    message: Authentication required
                    code: UNAUTHORIZED
                    requestId: bf68e5de-f6ef-479f-9328-6d3f48d5b7d4
        '422':
          description: Validation error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                    example: false
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      issues:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                          properties:
                            code:
                              type: string
                            path:
                              type: array
                              items:
                                anyOf:
                                  - type: string
                                  - type: number
                            message:
                              type: string
                          required:
                            - code
                            - path
                      name:
                        type: string
                    required:
                      - issues
                      - name
                    example:
                      issues:
                        - code: invalid_type
                          expected: string
                          received: undefined
                          path:
                            - fileId
                          message: Required
                      name: ZodError
                required:
                  - success
                  - error
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                    enum:
                      - false
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      message:
                        type: string
                      code:
                        type: string
                      requestId:
                        type: string
                        format: uuid
                    required:
                      - message
                      - code
                required:
                  - success
                  - error
                example:
                  success: false
                  error:
                    message: Authentication required
                    code: UNAUTHORIZED
                    requestId: bf68e5de-f6ef-479f-9328-6d3f48d5b7d4
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: Enter your API token or session token

````