---
title: "Delete a contact"
method: DELETE
path: "/companies/{company}/contacts/{contact}"
tags: ["Contacts"]
---

# Delete a contact

`DELETE /companies/{company}/contacts/{contact}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.factuarea.com/v1`
- URL: `https://api.factuarea.com/v1/companies/{company}/contacts/{contact}`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`

Soft delete a contact: it disappears from every read surface and its detail answers 404 `contact_not_found`.
- Irreversible through the API (`restore` only unarchives); documents that reference it are preserved.
- Releases the tax ID and `external_id`; emits `contact.deleted`. Use `archive` to keep it readable.

## Path parameters

- `company` string, uuid, required
- `contact` string, uuid, required

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string, required
- `Factuarea-Version` string, date

## Response `200`

- object
  - `data` object, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `object` 'contact', required
    - `deleted` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `400`: The request is syntactically malformed — e.g. an unknown query parameter, an integer parameter with non-numeric value, or a value outside the documented range. `parameter_unknown` with `subcode` `retired_active_profile_header`: the retired `X-Active-Profile` header was sent; the company goes in the path. `parameter_invalid_format` on `Factuarea-Version`: the header is not a `YYYY-MM-DD` date. `unsupported_api_version`: the `Factuarea-Version` date is not a supported version.
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key.
- `403`: The request is authenticated but not allowed: the API key lacks the required scope (`insufficient_scope`), the plan does not include the public API or this feature (`addon_not_active`, `feature_not_available_in_plan`), or the module is not available with a test key (`module_not_available_in_sandbox`). `company_inactive`: the company in the path is deactivated; reactivate it to operate.
- `404`: The requested resource does not exist or belongs to another company. `profile_not_found`: the company in the path does not exist, is not in the API key scope or belongs to the other environment (live or test).
- `422`: Validation failed. The `error.param` field identifies which input is invalid. `idempotency_key_reused`: the `Idempotency-Key` was already used with a different body; send a new key or the same body. `invalid_param_format` on `Idempotency-Key`: the key must be 1 to 255 printable ASCII characters. `idempotency_key_required`: this operation requires the `Idempotency-Key` header; the message names the rejected operation.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded. Retry after the duration in `Retry-After`.
- `500`: Unexpected server error.

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