---
title: "Delete a face from a Face List by specified faceListId and persistedFaceId."
method: DELETE
path: "/facelists/{faceListId}/persistedfaces/{persistedFaceId}"
---

# Delete a face from a Face List by specified faceListId and persistedFaceId.

`DELETE /facelists/{faceListId}/persistedfaces/{persistedFaceId}`

Adding/deleting faces to/from a same Face List are processed sequentially and to/from different Face Lists are in parallel.

## Path parameters

- `faceListId` string, required
- `persistedFaceId` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

The request has succeeded.

## Other responses

- `default` — An unexpected error response.

## Changes

- **2026-07-13** `e1f63ec9983b` — 1 info
  - api operation id `FaceList_DeleteFace` removed and replaced with `FaceListOperations_DeleteFaceListFace`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/ai-face/changes/facelists/:faceListId/persistedfaces/:persistedFaceId/delete.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/ai-face.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/ai-face/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/azure/ai-face/revisions/e9a68c525be6/schema)