---
title: "Delete a counterpart's contact"
method: DELETE
path: "/counterparts/{counterpart_id}/contacts/{contact_id}"
tags: ["Counterpart contacts"]
---

# Delete a counterpart's contact

`DELETE /counterparts/{counterpart_id}/contacts/{contact_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1`
- URL: `https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1/counterparts/{counterpart_id}/contacts/{contact_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Delete the specified contact from a counterpart.

The default contact cannot be deleted. To delete a default contact, you first need to assign another contact as the default one.

## Path parameters

- `contact_id` string, required
- `counterpart_id` string, required

## Headers

- `x-monite-version` string, required
- `x-monite-entity-id` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful response

## Other responses

- `401`: The `Authorization` header is missing or contains an invalid or expired access token. See [Authentication](https://docs.monite.com/api/concepts/authentication) to learn how to authenticate API calls.
- `403`: The specified access token does not have permissions to perform this operation.
- `404`: A counterpart or contact with the specified ID was not found.
- `409`: Possible reasons: * Default contact cannot be deleted. * The specified counterpart is an individual and cannot have contacts.
- `422`: Validation Error
- `429`: API rate limit has been exceeded. Check the response headers for the rate limit information.

---

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