---
title: "Delete Media"
method: DELETE
path: "/{Version}/{Media-ID}"
tags: ["Media"]
---

# Delete Media

`DELETE /{Version}/{Media-ID}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://graph.facebook.com`
- URL: `https://graph.facebook.com/{Version}/{Media-ID}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

To delete media, make a **DELETE** call to the ID of the media you want to delete.

## Prerequisites
- [User Access Token](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/access-tokens#usertokens) with **`whatsapp_business_messaging`** permission
- Media object ID from either uploading media endpoint or media message Webhooks

## Query parameters

- `phone_number_id` string

## Headers

- `User-Agent` string
- `Authorization` string, required
- `Content-Type` 'application/json' | 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' | 'multipart/form-data', required

## Response `200`

Delete Media

- object
  - `success` boolean

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/meta/apis/whatsapp-business-messaging.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/meta/apis/whatsapp-business-messaging/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/meta/apis/whatsapp-business-messaging/revisions/5c1973265369?raw)