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

# Delete Response

`DELETE /responses/{response_id}`

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

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

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