---
title: "Trigger cleanup of old chat sessions."
method: POST
path: "/admin/chats/cleanup"
tags: ["Chat"]
---

# Trigger cleanup of old chat sessions.

`POST /admin/chats/cleanup`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1`
- URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1/admin/chats/cleanup`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/docs/admin/chats/cleanup/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Admin endpoint to delete chat sessions older than a specified number of days.

## Request body

- object
  - `older_than_days` integer, required: Delete chat sessions older than this many days.
  - `force` boolean: If true, also deletes sessions with keep_forever set.

## Response `201`

Successful operation

- JobDetails
  - `id` string, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `overall_status` 'in progress' | 'completed' | 'failed' | 'canceled', required
  - `status` string
  - `passed_percentage` number, double, required
  - `failed_percentage` number, double, required
  - `progress` number, double, required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required
  - `kind` string, required
  - `statuses` JobDetailsStatus[], required
    - `id` string, required
    - `status` string, required
  - `errors` string[], required
  - `duration` string, required
  - `duration_seconds` number, double, required
  - `canceled_by` string
  - `cancel_reason` string
  - `timeout` number, double
  - `start_time` number, double
  - `files_total` integer
  - `files_failed` integer

## Other responses

- `401`: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API key
- `default`: Unexpected error

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