# Delete recording file API not working

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/delete-recording-file-api-not-working/17512>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [May 13, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/delete-recording-file-api-not-working/17512 "2020-05-13T18:00:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![fei.xie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/fei.xie/32/2525_2.png) [@fei.xie](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/fei.xie)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/delete-recording-file-api-not-working/17512/1 "2020-05-13T18:00:38Z")

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**Description**  
DELETE

# /meetings/{meetingId}/recordings/{recordingId}

Using Delete recording file API mostly return error:  
{ code: 3301,  
message: ‘There is no recording for this meeting’ }

The recording file do exist and I can use the same meetingId (UUID) access it through: [https://zoom.us/recording/management/detail?meeting\_id={uuid}](https://zoom.us/recording/management/detail?meeting_id=%7Buuid%7D)

**Error**  
{ code: 3301,  
message: ‘There is no recording for this meeting’ }

**Which App Type (OAuth / Chatbot / JWT / Webhook)?**  
JWT

**Which Endpoint/s?**  
/meetings/{meetingId}/recordings/{recordingId}

**How To Reproduce (If applicable)**  
Steps to reproduce the behavior:  
We got this error when we delete most of our cloud recordings (probably around 90%); although there are 10% of the deleting success.

We were using meetingId UUID and we did the double encoding.

**Additional context**  
We were using meetingId UUID and we did the double encoding. The recording file do exist and I can use the same meetingId (UUID) access it through: [https://zoom.us/recording/management/detail?meeting\_id={uuid}](https://zoom.us/recording/management/detail?meeting_id=%7Buuid%7D)

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**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/delete-recording-file-api-not-working/17512/2 "2020-05-18T19:48:52Z")

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Hey @fei.xie,

This is most likely happening because you are passing in an instance of a meeting ID that does not have a recording.

Please email these details and the meetingID / meetingUUID you are passing in to [developersupport@zoom.us](mailto:developersupport@zoom.us) so we can investigate further.

Thanks,  
Tommy

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**Author:** ![DeveloperBot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/developerbot/32/12632_2.png) [@DeveloperBot](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/DeveloperBot)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/delete-recording-file-api-not-working/17512/3 "2020-08-21T21:23:01Z")

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Closed on August 21, 2020, 9:23pm UTC