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# List recently deleted assets

GET https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/{account_id}/projects/{project_id}/recently_deleted

List all recently deleted assets (files, folders, and version stacks) in a project. Returns a flat list ordered by deletion time (most recent first). This endpoint has been added to `Current Version` of the API.Please see [https://next.developer.frame.io/platform/v4/api-reference/projects/recently\_deleted](https://next.developer.frame.io/platform/v4/api-reference/projects/recently_deleted).Rate Limits: 5 calls per 1 second(s) per account\_user

Reference: https://next.developer.frame.io/platform/api-reference/projects/recently-deleted

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `account_id` (string, required)
- `project_id` (string, required)

### Query parameters

- `sort` (enum, optional) — Sort recently deleted assets
  - Allowed values: `deleted_at_asc`, `deleted_at_desc`, `name_asc`, `name_desc`
- `after` (string, optional) — Opaque Cursor query param for requests returning paginated results. NOTE: this value is auto-generated and included as part of links from a previous response. It is not intended to be human readable.
- `page_size` (integer, optional, default: 50)
- `include_total_count` (boolean, optional, default: false)

### Headers

- `api-version` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `experimental`

## Response

### 200

OK

- `data` (list of DeletedAsset, required) — Deleted assets
- `links` (Links, required) — Links to paginated data

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad request

- `errors` (list of BadRequestErrorsItems, required)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `errors` (list of UnauthorizedErrorsItems, required)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `errors` (list of ForbiddenErrorsItems, required)

### 404 Not Found Error

Not found

- `errors` (list of NotFoundErrorsItems, required)

### 409 Conflict Error

Conflict

- `errors` (list of ConflictErrorsItems, required)

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Unprocessable content

- `errors` (list of UnprocessableContentErrorsItems, required)

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Too many requests

- `errors` (list of TooManyRequestsErrorsItems, required)

## Types

### DeletedAsset

A recently deleted asset (file, folder, or version stack). view_url is omitted as deleted assets cannot be viewed without restoring.

- `type`: `file` (DeletedFile)
  - `created_at` (string, required) — Creation timestamp
  - `deleted_at` (string, required) — Deletion timestamp
  - `file_size` (integer, required) — File size in bytes
  - `id` (string, required) — File ID
  - `media_type` (string, required) — File media type
  - `name` (string, required) — File name
  - `parent_id` (string, required, nullable) — Parent folder or version stack ID
  - `project_id` (string, required) — Project ID
  - `status` (enum, required) — File transcoding status
    - Allowed values: `created`, `transcoded`, `uploaded`
  - `updated_at` (string, required) — Update timestamp
  - `adobe_id` (string, optional, nullable) — Adobe cloud storage asset identifier, when available.
  - `adobe_version_id` (string, optional, nullable) — Version identifier of the Adobe cloud storage asset associated with this file, when available. A version identifier is a string that often resembles an integer but should be treated as an opaque string.
- `type`: `folder` (DeletedFolder)
  - `cover_file_id` (string, required, nullable) — Cover asset ID
  - `created_at` (string, required) — Creation timestamp
  - `deleted_at` (string, required) — Deletion timestamp
  - `id` (string, required) — Folder ID
  - `name` (string, required) — Folder name
  - `parent_id` (string, required, nullable) — Parent folder ID
  - `project_id` (string, required) — Project ID
  - `restricted` (boolean, required) — Whether the folder is restricted
  - `updated_at` (string, required) — Update timestamp
  - `adobe_id` (string, optional, nullable) — Adobe cloud storage asset identifier, when available.
- `type`: `version_stack` (DeletedVersionStack)
  - `created_at` (string, required) — Creation timestamp
  - `deleted_at` (string, required) — Deletion timestamp
  - `head_version` (DeletedVersionStackHeadVersion, required, nullable) — The most recent version in the stack
  - `id` (string, required) — Version stack ID
  - `name` (string, required) — Version stack name
  - `parent_id` (string, required, nullable) — Parent folder ID
  - `project_id` (string, required) — Project ID
  - `updated_at` (string, required) — Update timestamp
  - `adobe_id` (string, optional, nullable) — Adobe cloud storage asset identifier, when available.

### Links

Links to paginated data

- `next` (string, required, nullable) — "Link to next page of data. This link is the request path with the addition of the `after` query parameter to fetch the next page of results. It only carries the `after` cursor. Other query params from the original request (e.g. `include`, `sort`, `page_size`, `include_total_count`, filters) are not preserved and must be re-added by the client on every subsequent request, including when following this link.

### BadRequestErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (BadRequestErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### UnauthorizedErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (UnauthorizedErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### ForbiddenErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (ForbiddenErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### NotFoundErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (NotFoundErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### ConflictErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (ConflictErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### UnprocessableContentErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (UnprocessableContentErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### TooManyRequestsErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (TooManyRequestsErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### DeletedVersionStackHeadVersion

The most recent version in the stack

### BadRequestErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

### UnauthorizedErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

### ForbiddenErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

### NotFoundErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

### ConflictErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

### UnprocessableContentErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

### TooManyRequestsErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "type": "file",
      "created_at": "2026-01-20T00:00:00.000000Z",
      "deleted_at": "2026-01-21T00:10:24.039823Z",
      "file_size": 1137444,
      "id": "5b8d1c7e-2a3f-4b9e-8c1d-6e7f8a9b0c1d",
      "media_type": "video/mp4",
      "name": "video.mp4",
      "parent_id": "2b3c4d5e-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e-2f3a4b5c6d7e",
      "project_id": "1a2b3c4d-5e6f-7a8b-9c0d-1e2f3a4b5c6d",
      "status": "uploaded",
      "updated_at": "2026-01-20T00:00:00.000000Z"
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "next": null
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/65ce85cf-0fcd-4beb-8fd0-ee0e6470e5d2/projects/3e4a677e-e252-4282-964b-b44d3ccdf3e8/recently_deleted"

headers = {
    "api-version": "experimental",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/65ce85cf-0fcd-4beb-8fd0-ee0e6470e5d2/projects/3e4a677e-e252-4282-964b-b44d3ccdf3e8/recently_deleted';
const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {'api-version': 'experimental', Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/65ce85cf-0fcd-4beb-8fd0-ee0e6470e5d2/projects/3e4a677e-e252-4282-964b-b44d3ccdf3e8/recently_deleted"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("api-version", "experimental")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/65ce85cf-0fcd-4beb-8fd0-ee0e6470e5d2/projects/3e4a677e-e252-4282-964b-b44d3ccdf3e8/recently_deleted")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["api-version"] = 'experimental'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/65ce85cf-0fcd-4beb-8fd0-ee0e6470e5d2/projects/3e4a677e-e252-4282-964b-b44d3ccdf3e8/recently_deleted")
  .header("api-version", "experimental")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/65ce85cf-0fcd-4beb-8fd0-ee0e6470e5d2/projects/3e4a677e-e252-4282-964b-b44d3ccdf3e8/recently_deleted', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'api-version' => 'experimental',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/65ce85cf-0fcd-4beb-8fd0-ee0e6470e5d2/projects/3e4a677e-e252-4282-964b-b44d3ccdf3e8/recently_deleted");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("api-version", "experimental");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "api-version": "experimental",
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/65ce85cf-0fcd-4beb-8fd0-ee0e6470e5d2/projects/3e4a677e-e252-4282-964b-b44d3ccdf3e8/recently_deleted")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```