Delete transcripts | AssemblyAI

You can remove the data from the transcript and mark it as deleted.

1 import assemblyai as aai
2 
3 aai.settings.api_key = "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
4 
5 # audio_file = "./local_file.mp3"
6 audio_file = "https://assembly.ai/wildfires.mp3"
7 
8 config = aai.TranscriptionConfig()
9 
10 transcript = aai.Transcriber(config=config).transcribe(audio_file)
11 
12 if transcript.status == "error":
13   raise RuntimeError(f"Transcription failed: {transcript.error}")
14 
15 print(transcript.text)
16 
17 transcript.delete_by_id(transcript.id)
18 
19 transcript = aai.Transcript.get_by_id(transcript.id)
20 print(transcript.text)

Account-level TTL value

Starting on 11-26-2024, the platform will assign an account-level Time to Live (TTL) for customers who have executed a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with AssemblyAI. For those customers, all transcripts generated via the async transcription endpoint will be deleted after the TTL period.

As of the feature launch date:

The TTL is set to 3 days (subject to change).
Customers can still manually delete transcripts before the TTL period by using the deletion endpoint. However, they cannot keep transcripts on the platform after the TTL period has expired.

BAAs are limited to customers who process PHI, subject to HIPAA. If you are processing PHI and require a BAA, please reach out to sales@assemblyai.com.