diff --git a/litellm/files/main.py b/litellm/files/main.py
index b3fbd775f6..2440f6d180 100644
--- a/litellm/files/main.py
+++ b/litellm/files/main.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ async def afile_delete(
 
 def file_delete(
     file_id: str,
-    custom_llm_provider: Literal["openai"] = "openai",
+    custom_llm_provider: Literal["openai", "azure"] = "openai",
     extra_headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
     extra_body: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
     **kwargs,
@@ -210,6 +210,22 @@ def file_delete(
     """
     try:
         optional_params = GenericLiteLLMParams(**kwargs)
+        ### TIMEOUT LOGIC ###
+        timeout = optional_params.timeout or kwargs.get("request_timeout", 600) or 600
+        # set timeout for 10 minutes by default
+
+        if (
+            timeout is not None
+            and isinstance(timeout, httpx.Timeout)
+            and supports_httpx_timeout(custom_llm_provider) == False
+        ):
+            read_timeout = timeout.read or 600
+            timeout = read_timeout  # default 10 min timeout
+        elif timeout is not None and not isinstance(timeout, httpx.Timeout):
+            timeout = float(timeout)  # type: ignore
+        elif timeout is None:
+            timeout = 600.0
+        _is_async = kwargs.pop("is_async", False) is True
         if custom_llm_provider == "openai":
             # for deepinfra/perplexity/anyscale/groq we check in get_llm_provider and pass in the api base from there
             api_base = (
@@ -231,26 +247,6 @@ def file_delete(
                 or litellm.openai_key
                 or os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
             )
-            ### TIMEOUT LOGIC ###
-            timeout = (
-                optional_params.timeout or kwargs.get("request_timeout", 600) or 600
-            )
-            # set timeout for 10 minutes by default
-
-            if (
-                timeout is not None
-                and isinstance(timeout, httpx.Timeout)
-                and supports_httpx_timeout(custom_llm_provider) == False
-            ):
-                read_timeout = timeout.read or 600
-                timeout = read_timeout  # default 10 min timeout
-            elif timeout is not None and not isinstance(timeout, httpx.Timeout):
-                timeout = float(timeout)  # type: ignore
-            elif timeout is None:
-                timeout = 600.0
-
-            _is_async = kwargs.pop("is_async", False) is True
-
             response = openai_files_instance.delete_file(
                 file_id=file_id,
                 _is_async=_is_async,
@@ -260,6 +256,38 @@ def file_delete(
                 max_retries=optional_params.max_retries,
                 organization=organization,
             )
+        elif custom_llm_provider == "azure":
+            api_base = optional_params.api_base or litellm.api_base or get_secret("AZURE_API_BASE")  # type: ignore
+            api_version = (
+                optional_params.api_version
+                or litellm.api_version
+                or get_secret("AZURE_API_VERSION")
+            )  # type: ignore
+
+            api_key = (
+                optional_params.api_key
+                or litellm.api_key
+                or litellm.azure_key
+                or get_secret("AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY")
+                or get_secret("AZURE_API_KEY")
+            )  # type: ignore
+
+            extra_body = optional_params.get("extra_body", {})
+            azure_ad_token: Optional[str] = None
+            if extra_body is not None:
+                azure_ad_token = extra_body.pop("azure_ad_token", None)
+            else:
+                azure_ad_token = get_secret("AZURE_AD_TOKEN")  # type: ignore
+
+            response = azure_files_instance.delete_file(
+                _is_async=_is_async,
+                api_base=api_base,
+                api_key=api_key,
+                api_version=api_version,
+                timeout=timeout,
+                max_retries=optional_params.max_retries,
+                file_id=file_id,
+            )
         else:
             raise litellm.exceptions.BadRequestError(
                 message="LiteLLM doesn't support {} for 'create_batch'. Only 'openai' is supported.".format(
diff --git a/litellm/llms/files_apis/azure.py b/litellm/llms/files_apis/azure.py
index d46d9225a4..c4c9ee48af 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/files_apis/azure.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/files_apis/azure.py
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class AzureOpenAIFilesAPI(BaseLLM):
         api_key: Optional[str],
         timeout: Union[float, httpx.Timeout],
         max_retries: Optional[int],
-        organization: Optional[str],
+        organization: Optional[str] = None,
         api_version: Optional[str] = None,
         client: Optional[Union[AzureOpenAI, AsyncAzureOpenAI]] = None,
     ):
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_fine_tuning_api.py b/litellm/tests/test_fine_tuning_api.py
index 1f99d63582..f2bb73efde 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_fine_tuning_api.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_fine_tuning_api.py
@@ -122,20 +122,11 @@ async def test_azure_create_fine_tune_jobs_async():
     _current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
     file_path = os.path.join(_current_dir, file_name)
 
-    file_obj = await litellm.acreate_file(
-        file=open(file_path, "rb"),
-        purpose="fine-tune",
-        custom_llm_provider="azure",
-        api_key=os.getenv("AZURE_SWEDEN_API_KEY"),
-        api_base="https://my-endpoint-sweden-berri992.openai.azure.com/",
-    )
-    print("Response from creating file=", file_obj)
-
-    await asyncio.sleep(5)
+    file_id = "file-5e4b20ecbd724182b9964f3cd2ab7212"
 
     create_fine_tuning_response = await litellm.acreate_fine_tuning_job(
         model="gpt-35-turbo-1106",
-        training_file=file_obj.id,
+        training_file=file_id,
         custom_llm_provider="azure",
         api_key=os.getenv("AZURE_SWEDEN_API_KEY"),
         api_base="https://my-endpoint-sweden-berri992.openai.azure.com/",
@@ -156,12 +147,6 @@ async def test_azure_create_fine_tune_jobs_async():
     )
     print("response from litellm.list_fine_tuning_jobs=", ft_jobs)
 
-    # # delete file
-
-    # await litellm.afile_delete(
-    #     file_id=file_obj.id,
-    # )
-
     # cancel ft job
     response = await litellm.acancel_fine_tuning_job(
         fine_tuning_job_id=create_fine_tuning_response.id,