---
title: "Delete contact"
method: DELETE
path: "/contacts/{contactId}"
tags: ["Contacts"]
---

# Delete contact

`DELETE /contacts/{contactId}`

Use this method to delete a contact associated with a processing account.  

To delete a contact, you need their contactId. Our gateway returned the contactId in the response of the [Create Processing Account](https://docs.payroc.com/api/schema/boarding/merchant-platforms/create-processing-account) method.  

**Note:** If you don’t have the contactId, use our [Retrieve Processing Account](https://docs.payroc.com/api/schema/boarding/processing-accounts/retrieve) method or our [List Contacts](https://docs.payroc.com/api/schema/boarding/processing-accounts/list-contacts) method to search for the contact.

## Path parameters

- `contactId` integer, required

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, required

## Response `204`

Successful request. We deleted the contact.

- object

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request
- `401` — Identity could not be verified
- `403` — Do not have permissions to perform this action
- `404` — Resource not found
- `500` — An error has occured

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