---
title: "Delete Response"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/responses/{response_id}"
tags: ["responses"]
---

# Delete Response

`DELETE /v1/responses/{response_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.mammouth.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.mammouth.ai/v1/responses/{response_id}`
- Auth: API key in header `x-litellm-api-key`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/mammouth/apis/mammouth-api/docs/v1/responses/:response_id/delete.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Delete a response by ID.

Supports both:
- Polling IDs (litellm_poll_*): Deletes from Redis cache
- Provider response IDs: Passes through to provider API

Follows the OpenAI Responses API spec: https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/responses/delete

```bash
curl -X DELETE http://localhost:4000/v1/responses/resp_abc123     -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-1234"
```

## Path parameters

- `response_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- DeleteResponseResult: Result of a delete response request { "id": "resp_6786a1bec27481909a17d673315b29f6", "object": "response", "deleted": true }
  - `id` string, nullable, required
  - `object` string, nullable, required
  - `deleted` boolean, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-10-16** `8efc7e7a4ee4`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/mammouth/apis/mammouth-api/changes/v1/responses/:response_id/delete.md)

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