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A transaction that deletes a file from a Hedera network. When deleted, a file’s contents are truncated to zero length and it can no longer be updated or appended to, or its expiration time extended. When you request the contents or info of a deleted file, the network will return FILE_DELETED. Transaction Signing Requirements
  • The key(s) on the file are required to sign the transaction
  • If you do not sign with the key(s) on the file, you will receive an INVALID_SIGNATURE network error
Transaction Fees
  • Please see the transaction and query fees table for base transaction fee
  • Please use the Hedera fee estimator to estimate your transaction fee cost
ConstructorDescription
new FileDeleteTransaction()Initializes the FileDeleteTransaction object
new FileDeleteTransaction()

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Methods

MethodTypeDescription
setFileId(<fileId>)FileIdThe ID of the file to delete in x.y.z format
//Create the transaction
FileDeleteTransaction transaction = new FileDeleteTransaction()
    .setFileId(newFileId);

//Modify the default max transaction fee to from 1 to 2 hbars
FileDeleteTransaction modifyMaxTransactionFee = transaction.setMaxTransactionFee(new Hbar(2));

//Prepare transaction for signing, sign with the key on the file, sign with the client operator key and submit to a Hedera network
TransactionResponse txResponse = modifyMaxTransactionFee.freezeWith(client).sign(key).execute(client);

//Request the receipt
TransactionReceipt receipt = txResponse.getReceipt(client);

//Get the transaction consensus status
Status transactionStatus = receipt.status;

System.out.println("The transaction consensus status is " + transactionStatus);

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Get transaction values

MethodTypeDescription
getFileId(<fileId>)FileIdThe ID of the file to delete (x.z.y)
//Create the transaction
FileDeleteTransaction transaction = new FileDeleteTransaction()
    .setFileId(newFileId);

//Get the file ID
FileId getFileId = transaction.getFileId();