How to delete 'raw' resources? – Cloudinary Support

There are few ways to raw resources via the UI and API.

Via API

Delete single raw resource by public id
Delete multiple raw resources by public id

Via UI

Delete raw resources individually
Bulk delete raw

Via API

API calls are set to the 'image' resource type by default. In order to perform API calls for 'raw' resources, you should also set the resource_type to raw in the destroy API call.

Delete single raw resource by public id

Upload API destroy call example in Ruby:

Cloudinary::Uploader.destroy('my_file.txt', :resource_type => "raw")

Note: This feature does support invalidations by default

Delete multiple raw resources by public id

Admin API delete resources call example in Ruby:

Cloudinary::Api.delete_resources(['my_file.txt', 'my_file2.docx'], :resources_type => "raw")

Note: This feature does not support invalidations by default

Via UI

Delete raw resources individually

Click on the Media Library tab
In the search bar, select the drop-drop in the left-hand corner labelled "All" and select "Others (Raw)
Find the asset and click on the overflow icon (the three dots) and select Delete

Bulk delete raw

Click on the gear icon in the top right-hand corner which will take you to a new view
In the right-hand panel, there is a heading called "Support Activities" and under it, there should be a link labeled Bulk delete.
Select "Originals and derived resources"
Under Search by, go to the last section and select "Resource type" to "Raw" and "Type" to either "Uploaded", "Private" or "Authenticated"

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6 comments

Rohit Kumar

April 20, 2017 14:25
Suppose i want to delete this file
res.cloudinary.com/dekmtxrqb/raw/upload/setixbbu9i03qnrczmbf.txt

then what should be the exact payload for this ?

\Cloudinary\Uploader::destroy('setixbbu9i03qnrczmbf.txt', array("resource_type" => "raw"));

am right?
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Maor Gariv

April 24, 2017 12:20
Hi Rohit,

Thanks for reaching out.

Yes:) This is correct.
The default `resource_type` is `image` so when destroying `video` or `raw` files, you should set the appropriate `resource_type`.
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aditya

October 26, 2020 11:03
How do I delete the resource which was created using a add-on ? like I have a used a add-on

"aspose" to create a pdf on upload of a raw resource type. When I delete the raw resource type the pdf one resource should also get deleted. How do I achieve that ?
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Loic Verger Del Bove

October 26, 2020 17:04
Hi Aditya,

When using the Aspose Add-On, it generates a PDF which has the `resource_type:image` whereas the file uploaded has the `resource_type:raw`, hence you can run a deletion with those 2 types like this:

To delete the raw file in Python:
```
cloudinary.uploader.destroy('p5sxi8s04oiueembnt5k.xls', resource_type = 'raw')
```
To delete the PDF created via Aspose in Python:
```
cloudinary.uploader.destroy('p5sxi8s04oiueembnt5k.xls')
```
Best,

Loic
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aditya

October 26, 2020 17:29
Thanks for the response,
I have to create a thumbnail for any resource uploaded on cloudinary(including "raw") is there a way to achieve it apart from using aspose ?
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Loic Verger Del Bove

October 27, 2020 16:39
Hi Aditya,

Using Aspose is the only way to achieve the conversion from a `raw` file to a PDF with the `resource_type:image`. From there, you can then use transformations to generate the thumbnail.

You can find all the information on how to do it in this article.

Hope it helps.

Best,

Loic
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