How to delete a fine-tune model (via api)?

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Hi
I’m building a small tool to help me manage files and fine-tunes. I just noticed there doesn’t seem to be an API endpoint to delete fine-tune models.
Am I missing something? The command line openai tool seems to be able to do it

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Hi! An API for model deletion exists (you’re right, it’s what the CLI calls), but we haven’t added documentation to the site yet – sorry, coming soon!

The API is:

DELETE https://api.openai.com/v1/models/<MODEL>

or in python:

openai.Model.delete(model_name)
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thanks Rachel, I see that the “models” endpoint is missing from the docs. I added that and now it’s working fine :slight_smile:

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Delete endpoint is working fine but engines are still appearing on GET /v1/fine-tunes endpoint with status succeeded. At this point, it is impossible to understand which engines are available.

If you call delete endpoint again you will get a 404. I think delete endpoint is working but there is a bug at fine-tunes endpoint or I am missing something.

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Hi!
I had the same question but no, its ok like it is. Fine tunes is different from engines. Think like this: a fine-tune is a process that runs and finishes, producing a new engine as a result. Even if you delete the engine, the fine-tune record will remain, which it should. To know which engines are available you should use the engines end-point, not the fine-tunes endpoint.

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Hi Nunodonato, I’m look for this, do you mind telling me how to gain access to that page?

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there’s no page, you can only access that via API

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Hello, When I use “openai.Model.delete(model_name)”, I found the model was deleted successful, but when I use “openai.FuneTune.list()” to check, the model still there.
Is there a way to delete all resource of the model in the result of “openai.FuneTune.list()”?

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I think it takes time for all the user data to sync.

How long has it been since you deleted ?

:slight_smile:

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It is about 24 hours. There is still no change.

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Please use the retrieve API method using the fine-tune ID and post the results back here.

:slight_smile:

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you are confusing things. Fine-tune process is one thing, models are another. You are deleting a fine-tuned model, but the fine-tuned process is still on the records. Its kind of historical data of what was done, with which file, etc.

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The result is:

Finetune retrieve status: failed
Checking other finetune jobs in the subscription.
[‘curie:ft-personal-2023-03-01-07-26-01’, ‘babbage:ft-personal:grg-model-001-2023-03-01-12-17-24’, None, None, None, None, None]

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So I can not delete these historical data?

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I don’t think so, at least the docs don’t list an endpoint for that.

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I have no an idea.
And I found all my finetune jobs were always failed, confusing.

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This often happens when the JSONL training file is not validated and incorrectly JSONL formatted.

HTH

:slight_smile:

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Thanks, you are right, now I get success:
Status: pending
Status: pending
Status: pending
Status: pending
Status: pending
Status: running
Status: succeeded

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Thanks a lot.
One more question, is there a rule of making training data? can you show me a sample?