---
title: "Purge stream messages"
method: DELETE
path: "/storage/stream/{name}/purge"
tags: ["Streams"]
---

# Purge stream messages

`DELETE /storage/stream/{name}/purge`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.quiva.ai`
- URL: `https://api.quiva.ai/storage/stream/{name}/purge`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `x-api-key`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/quivaworks/apis/quiva-ai-gateway-5/docs/storage/stream/:name/purge/delete.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Purges messages from a stream with optional filters

## Path parameters

- `name` string, required

## Request body

- PurgeStreamRequest
  - `keep` integer: Number of messages to keep
  - `up_to_sequence` integer: Purge up to this sequence number
  - `subject` string: Subject filter for purging

## Response `200`

Bad Request

- SuccessMessage
  - `message` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `404`: Not Found
- `500`: Internal Server Error

## Changes

- **2025-07-04** `d566a61279be`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/quivaworks/apis/quiva-ai-gateway-5/changes/storage/stream/:name/purge/delete.md)

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