curl -X POST 'https://api.openai.com/v1/organization/data_retention' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_ADMIN_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "retention_type": "zero_data_retention"
}'

# POST /organization/data_retention (OpenAI API)
Base URL: https://api.openai.com/v1
Auth: Authorization; OpenAI admin key; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Update organization data retention

## Critical Gotchas
* The Responses API is the primary interface for new text and tool workflows; Chat Completions remains a separate compatibility API.
* Audio transcription uploads use multipart form data rather than a JSON request body.

## cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.openai.com/v1/organization/data_retention' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_ADMIN_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "retention_type": "zero_data_retention"
}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| retention_type | body | string | Yes | The desired organization data retention type. |

## Response example
{"object":"organization.data_retention","type":"zero_data_retention"}

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POST

POST /organization/data_retention — OpenAI API

OpenAI admin key (required); https://api.openai.com/v1

OpenAI API

Update organization data retention

Base URL: https://api.openai.com/v1
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <OPENAI_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

The Responses API is the primary interface for new text and tool workflows; Chat Completions remains a separate compatibility API.

Audio transcription uploads use multipart form data rather than a JSON request body.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.openai.com/v1/organization/data_retention' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_ADMIN_KEY" \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "retention_type": "zero_data_retention"}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
retention_type	body	string	Yes	The desired organization data retention type.

Response 200 OK

{
  "object": "organization.data_retention",
  "type": "zero_data_retention"
}

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