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Does a file deleted through an API end up in Trash?

  • May 22, 2025
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I'm trying to answer a question for a dev on whether a call to delete a file through an API will show that file in Trash or is it immediately gone?

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    Hey, 

    I'm not sure what app type or language you are using... but let's say you are using the cli. 

    If you ran the command below, as a service account - it would delete the file putting it in the trash. 

    box files:delete file_id

    You can confirm this by traversing the trash file trash in the content explorer of the admin console or running this command with the cli

    box trash:get file file_id_that_was_deleted --as-user=user_id_that_owned_the_file

    Alex, Box Developer Advocate

     

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