Trashed files

Permanently remove file

Changed on

Permanently deletes a file that is in the trash. This action cannot be undone.

delete/files/{file_id}/trash

Request

  • Base URL
    https://api.box.com/2.0
  • URL
    https://api.box.com/2.0/files/{file_id}/trash
  • Auth
    OAuth 2
    Authorization code: https://account.box.com/api/oauth2/authorize
    Token URL: https://api.box.com/oauth2/token

Path parameters

file_idstring required

The unique identifier that represents a file.

The ID for any file can be determined by visiting a file in the web application and copying the ID from the URL. For example, for the URL https://*.app.box.com/files/123 the file_id is 123.

Response

Returns an empty response when the file was permanently deleted.

Changes

    • warning

      added the new unprocessable_entity enum value to the response property for the response status

    • warning

      added the new unprocessable_entity enum value to the response property for the response status