---
title: "Delete an employee's home address"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/home_addresses/{home_address_uuid}"
tags: ["Employee Addresses"]
---

# Delete an employee's home address

`DELETE /v1/home_addresses/{home_address_uuid}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.gusto-demo.com`
- URL: `https://api.gusto-demo.com/v1/home_addresses/{home_address_uuid}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/gusto/apis/gusto-api/docs/v1/home_addresses/:home_address_uuid/delete.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Used for deleting an employee's home address. Cannot delete the employee's active home address.

scope: `employees:write`

## Path parameters

- `home_address_uuid` string, required

## Headers

- `X-Gusto-API-Version` '2026-06-15'

## Response `204`

successful

## Other responses

- `404`: Not Found
- `422`: Unprocessable Entity This may happen when the body of your request contains errors such as `invalid_attribute_value`, or the request fails due to an `invalid_operation`. See the [Errors Categories](https://docs.gusto.com/embedded-payroll/docs/error-categories) guide for more details.

---

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