# Delete Thumbnails

> Delete a ready, failed or expired Thumbnail after all workers have stopped. The Source and settled usage are preserved. Files remain unless delete_files is true; temporary files retain their original 24-hour expiry. Deletion remains available for inactive teams.

```json
{
  "path": "/thumbnails/{thumbnailId}",
  "method": "delete",
  "schema": {
    "description": "Delete a ready, failed or expired Thumbnail after all workers have stopped. The Source and settled usage are preserved. Files remain unless delete_files is true; temporary files retain their original 24-hour expiry. Deletion remains available for inactive teams.",
    "operationId": "deleteThumbnail",
    "parameters": [
      {
        "description": "ThumbnailId identifies a Thumbnail in the authenticated Project.",
        "in": "path",
        "name": "thumbnailId",
        "required": true,
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      {
        "description": "DeleteFiles specifies whether to permanently delete this Thumbnail's owned images, sprite sheets, VTT and partial outputs at their saved storage prefix. Defaults to false. The Source and unrelated files are preserved. If deletion fails, records remain for retry, but some files may already be deleted. Temporary outputs still expire when this option is false.",
        "in": "query",
        "name": "delete_files",
        "required": false,
        "schema": {
          "default": false,
          "type": "boolean"
        }
      }
    ],
    "responses": {
      "204": {
        "description": "Success. Empty response 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": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResponseErrorConflict"
            }
          }
        },
        "description": "Processing, publication or temporary-output cleanup is still active. Retry after it finishes."
      },
      "429": {
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResponseErrorTooManyRequests"
            }
          }
        },
        "description": "TooManyRequests error"
      },
      "503": {
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResponseErrorServiceUnavailable"
            }
          }
        },
        "description": "Output file deletion failed. Records remain for retry; files already deleted cannot be restored."
      }
    },
    "security": [
      {
        "ProjectAccessToken": []
      }
    ],
    "summary": "Delete Thumbnails",
    "tags": [
      "Thumbnails"
    ],
    "x-codeSamples": [
      {
        "lang": "typescript",
        "source": "import Chunkify from '@chunkify/chunkify';\n\nconst client = new Chunkify({\n  projectAccessToken: 'My Project Access Token',\n});\n\nawait client.thumbnails.delete('thm_example', {\n  delete_files: true,\n});"
      },
      {
        "lang": "python",
        "source": "from chunkify import Chunkify\n\nclient = Chunkify(\n    project_access_token=\"My Project Access Token\",\n)\n\nclient.thumbnails.delete(\n    \"thm_example\",\n    delete_files=True,\n)"
      },
      {
        "lang": "php",
        "source": "\u003c?php\n\nuse Chunkify\\Client;\n\n$client = new Client(\n    projectAccessToken: 'My Project Access Token',\n);\n\n$client-\u003ethumbnails-\u003edelete(\n    'thm_example',\n    deleteFiles: true,\n);"
      },
      {
        "lang": "golang",
        "source": "package main\n\nimport (\n\t\"context\"\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.Thumbnails.Delete(\n\t\tcontext.TODO(),\n\t\t\"thm_example\",\n\t\tchunkify.ThumbnailDeleteParams{\n\t\t\tDeleteFiles: chunkify.Bool(true),\n\t\t},\n\t)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\tpanic(err.Error())\n\t}\n}\n"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```



```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"
}
```