# Delete an Asset output

> Delete one output belonging to this Asset and Project. Its type is resolved from the output ID. Type-specific processing and dependency restrictions still apply.

```json
{
  "path": "/assets/{assetId}/outputs/{outputId}",
  "method": "delete",
  "schema": {
    "description": "Delete one output belonging to this Asset and Project. Its type is resolved from the output ID. Type-specific processing and dependency restrictions still apply.",
    "operationId": "deleteAssetOutput",
    "parameters": [
      {
        "description": "AssetId identifies the Asset that owns the output within the authenticated Project.",
        "in": "path",
        "name": "assetId",
        "required": true,
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      {
        "description": "OutputId identifies the output belonging to this Asset.",
        "in": "path",
        "name": "outputId",
        "required": true,
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      {
        "description": "DeleteFiles specifies whether to remove this output's published media files from Storage. Defaults to false, preserving those files. Transcript deletion always schedules removal of its private text and saved subtitle copy, regardless of this option. The Asset, Source, and other outputs are preserved. File cleanup failures retain the output record for retry; files already removed cannot be restored.",
        "in": "query",
        "name": "delete_files",
        "required": false,
        "schema": {
          "default": false,
          "type": "boolean"
        }
      }
    ],
    "responses": {
      "204": {
        "description": "Output deleted. The response has no body."
      },
      "400": {
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResponseErrorValidation"
            }
          }
        },
        "description": "Validation error"
      },
      "401": {
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResponseErrorAuthentication"
            }
          }
        },
        "description": "Authentication error"
      },
      "403": {
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResponseErrorForbidden"
            }
          }
        },
        "description": "Forbidden error"
      },
      "404": {
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResponseErrorNotFound"
            }
          }
        },
        "description": "NotFound error"
      },
      "409": {
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResponseErrorConflict"
            }
          }
        },
        "description": "The output is processing, still used by dependent work, or otherwise cannot yet be deleted."
      },
      "429": {
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResponseErrorTooManyRequests"
            }
          }
        },
        "description": "TooManyRequests error"
      },
      "500": {
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResponseErrorUnexpected"
            }
          }
        },
        "description": "Unexpected error"
      },
      "503": {
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResponseErrorServiceUnavailable"
            }
          }
        },
        "description": "ServiceUnavailable error"
      }
    },
    "security": [
      {
        "ProjectAccessToken": []
      }
    ],
    "summary": "Delete an Asset output",
    "tags": [
      "Assets"
    ],
    "x-codeSamples": [
      {
        "lang": "typescript",
        "source": "import Chunkify from '@chunkify/chunkify';\n\nconst client = new Chunkify({\n  projectAccessToken: 'My Project Access Token',\n});\n\nawait client.assets.outputs.delete(\n  'aop_example',\n  {\n    asset_id: 'ast_example',\n    delete_files: true,\n  },\n);"
      },
      {
        "lang": "python",
        "source": "from chunkify import Chunkify\n\nclient = Chunkify(\n    project_access_token=\"My Project Access Token\",\n)\nclient.assets.outputs.delete(\n    \"aop_example\",\n    asset_id=\"ast_example\",\n    delete_files=True,\n)"
      },
      {
        "lang": "php",
        "source": "\u003c?php\n\nuse Chunkify\\Client;\n\n$client = new Client(\n    projectAccessToken: 'My Project Access Token',\n);\n\n$client-\u003eassets-\u003eoutputs-\u003edelete(\n    'aop_example',\n    assetID: 'ast_example',\n    deleteFiles: true,\n);"
      },
      {
        "lang": "golang",
        "source": "package main\n\nimport (\n\t\"context\"\n\t\"fmt\"\n\n\t\"github.com/chunkifydev/chunkify-go\"\n\t\"github.com/chunkifydev/chunkify-go/option\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n\tclient := chunkify.NewClient(\n\t\toption.WithProjectAccessToken(\"My Project Access Token\"),\n\t)\n\terr := client.Assets.Outputs.Delete(\n\t\tcontext.TODO(),\n\t\t\"aop_example\",\n\t\tchunkify.AssetOutputDeleteParams{\n\t\t\tAssetID:     \"ast_example\",\n\t\t\tDeleteFiles: chunkify.Bool(true),\n\t\t},\n\t)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\tpanic(err)\n\t}\n\tfmt.Println(\"Output deleted\")\n}\n"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```



```json #/components/schemas/ResponseErrorUnexpected
{
  "description": "Unexpected preview processing or storage failure.",
  "properties": {
    "error": {
      "properties": {
        "code": {
          "const": 500,
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "message": {
          "examples": [
            "Internal server error"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "type": {
          "const": "UnexpectedError",
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type",
        "code",
        "message"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "status": {
      "const": "error",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "status",
    "error"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}
```



```json #/components/schemas/ResponseErrorServiceUnavailable
{
  "properties": {
    "error": {
      "description": "Error response details",
      "properties": {
        "code": {
          "const": 503,
          "description": "Code is the HTTP status code",
          "examples": [
            503
          ],
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "message": {
          "description": "Message is a human-readable error description",
          "examples": [
            "The service is temporarily unavailable; retry the request"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "type": {
          "const": "ServiceUnavailableError",
          "description": "Type indicates the error category",
          "enum": [
            "ServiceUnavailableError"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type",
        "code",
        "message"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "status": {
      "const": "error",
      "description": "Status indicates the response status \"error\"",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "status",
    "error"
  ]
}
```



```json #/components/schemas/ResponseErrorValidation
{
  "properties": {
    "error": {
      "properties": {
        "code": {
          "const": 400,
          "description": "Code is the HTTP status code",
          "examples": [
            400
          ],
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "message": {
          "description": "Message is a human-readable error description",
          "examples": [
            "Invalid request parameters"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "type": {
          "const": "ValidationError",
          "description": "Type indicates the error category",
          "enum": [
            "ValidationError"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type",
        "code",
        "message"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "status": {
      "const": "error",
      "description": "Status indicates the response status \"error\"",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "status",
    "error"
  ]
}
```



```json #/components/schemas/ResponseErrorAuthentication
{
  "description": "Error response",
  "properties": {
    "error": {
      "description": "Error response details",
      "properties": {
        "code": {
          "const": 401,
          "description": "Code is the HTTP status code",
          "examples": [
            401
          ],
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "message": {
          "description": "Message is a human-readable error description",
          "examples": [
            "Authentication error: invalid token or subscription inactive"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "type": {
          "const": "AuthenticationError",
          "description": "Type indicates the error category",
          "enum": [
            "AuthenticationError"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type",
        "code",
        "message"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "status": {
      "const": "error",
      "description": "Status indicates the response status \"error\"",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "status",
    "error"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}
```



```json #/components/schemas/ResponseErrorForbidden
{
  "properties": {
    "error": {
      "description": "Error response details",
      "properties": {
        "code": {
          "const": 403,
          "description": "Code is the HTTP status code",
          "examples": [
            403
          ],
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "message": {
          "description": "Message is a human-readable error description",
          "examples": [
            "Unauthorized to perform this action"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "type": {
          "const": "ForbiddenError",
          "description": "Type indicates the error category",
          "enum": [
            "ForbiddenError"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type",
        "code",
        "message"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "status": {
      "const": "error",
      "description": "Status indicates the response status \"error\"",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "status",
    "error"
  ]
}
```



```json #/components/schemas/ResponseErrorNotFound
{
  "description": "Error response",
  "properties": {
    "error": {
      "description": "Error response details",
      "properties": {
        "code": {
          "const": 404,
          "description": "Code is the HTTP status code",
          "examples": [
            404
          ],
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "message": {
          "description": "Message is a human-readable error description",
          "examples": [
            "Ressource not found"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "type": {
          "const": "NotFoundError",
          "description": "Type indicates the error category",
          "enum": [
            "NotFoundError"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type",
        "code",
        "message"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "status": {
      "const": "error",
      "description": "Status indicates the response status \"error\"",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "status",
    "error"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}
```



```json #/components/schemas/ResponseErrorConflict
{
  "description": "Error response",
  "properties": {
    "error": {
      "description": "Error response details",
      "properties": {
        "code": {
          "const": 409,
          "description": "Code is the HTTP status code",
          "examples": [
            409
          ],
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "message": {
          "description": "Message is a human-readable error description",
          "examples": [
            "source_unavailable: the original video is no longer accessible"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "type": {
          "const": "ConflictError",
          "description": "Type indicates the error category",
          "enum": [
            "ConflictError"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type",
        "code",
        "message"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "status": {
      "const": "error",
      "description": "Status indicates the response status \"error\"",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "status",
    "error"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}
```



```json #/components/schemas/ResponseErrorTooManyRequests
{
  "description": "Error response",
  "properties": {
    "error": {
      "description": "Error response details",
      "properties": {
        "code": {
          "const": 429,
          "description": "Code is the HTTP status code",
          "examples": [
            429
          ],
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "message": {
          "description": "Message is a human-readable error description",
          "examples": [
            "Rate limit exceeded"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "type": {
          "const": "TooManyRequestsError",
          "description": "Type indicates the error category",
          "enum": [
            "TooManyRequestsError"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type",
        "code",
        "message"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "status": {
      "const": "error",
      "description": "Status indicates the response status \"error\"",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "status",
    "error"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}
```