---
title: "Delete a message in a thread"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/email/threads/{thread_id}/messages/{message_id}"
tags: ["email-threads"]
---

# Delete a message in a thread

`DELETE /v1/email/threads/{thread_id}/messages/{message_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://us1.platform.bird.com`
- URL: `https://us1.platform.bird.com/v1/email/threads/{thread_id}/messages/{message_id}`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in cookie `bird_session`

Moves the message to the trash. Trashed messages are permanently deleted after 30 days, or sooner if the mailbox's retention period ends first. Pass `permanent=true` to permanently delete the message immediately. When the last message in a conversation is permanently deleted, the conversation is deleted with it.

## Query parameters

- `permanent` boolean

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string
- `X-Workspace-Id` string
- `X-Organization-Id` string

## Response `204`

Message deleted.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Authentication required
- `403`: Insufficient permissions
- `404`: Resource not found
- `410`: The resource existed but is no longer available.
- `422`: The request has invalid field values, violates a business rule, or carries a query parameter the endpoint does not declare. Field validation errors use `type: validation_error` and include the affected fields in `details`. Business-rule errors identify the failed rule in `type`.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded
- `500`: Internal server error
- `503`: The service is temporarily unavailable. If `Retry-After` is present, wait for that delay before retrying; otherwise, retry with exponential backoff. Reuse the same idempotency key and request when retrying a mutation.

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