---
title: "Delete Pre-Verified Phone Number"
method: DELETE
path: "/{Version}/{Pre-Verified-Phone-Number-ID}"
tags: ["Pre-Verified Phone Numbers"]
---

# Delete Pre-Verified Phone Number

`DELETE /{Version}/{Pre-Verified-Phone-Number-ID}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://graph.facebook.com`
- URL: `https://graph.facebook.com/{Version}/{Pre-Verified-Phone-Number-ID}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Delete a pre-verified phone number from the system. This operation removes the
phone number from your pre-verified list and cannot be undone.


**Use Cases:**
- Remove phone numbers that are no longer needed
- Clean up invalid or incorrect pre-verified phone numbers
- Manage phone number lifecycle and cleanup


**Important Notes:**
- This operation is irreversible
- Deleted phone numbers cannot be recovered
- Ensure the phone number is not in active use before deletion


**Rate Limiting:**
Standard Graph API rate limits apply. Use appropriate retry logic with exponential backoff.

## Path parameters

- `Version` string, required
- `Pre-Verified-Phone-Number-ID` string, required

## Headers

- `User-Agent` string
- `Authorization` string, required

## Response `200`

Successfully deleted pre-verified phone number

- object
  - `success` boolean: Indicates whether the deletion was successful

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request - Invalid parameters or malformed request
- `401`: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing access token
- `403`: Forbidden - Insufficient permissions or access denied
- `404`: Not Found - Pre-verified phone number ID does not exist or is not accessible
- `422`: Unprocessable Entity - Phone number cannot be deleted due to current state
- `429`: Too Many Requests - Rate limit exceeded
- `500`: Internal Server Error - Unexpected server error

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[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)