---
title: "Clear a contact's topic subscription"
method: DELETE
path: "/topics/{id}/contacts/{contactId}"
tags: ["Topics"]
---

# Clear a contact's topic subscription

`DELETE /topics/{id}/contacts/{contactId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.eusend.dev`
- URL: `https://api.eusend.dev/topics/{id}/contacts/{contactId}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Forgets the explicit choice so the contact falls back to the topic default. Different from `subscribed: false`, which records a refusal — on an `opt_in` topic, clearing means the contact starts receiving it again.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required
- `contactId` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

Cleared.

- ClearTopicSubscriptionResponse
  - `topicId` string, uuid, required
  - `contactId` string, uuid, required
  - `deleted` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing, malformed, or revoked API key (`UNAUTHORIZED`).
- `403`: The key exists but may not reach this resource — a `sending_access` key outside the send paths, a test-mode key writing live state, or an account on hold (`FORBIDDEN`, `ACCOUNT_RESTRICTED`).
- `404`: No such resource on this organization (`NOT_FOUND`).
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded (`RATE_LIMITED`).
- `500`: Unexpected server error (`INTERNAL_ERROR`). Carries `request_id`.

---

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