---
title: "Delete a message template"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/messaging/whatsapp/templates/{id}"
tags: ["WhatsApp Templates"]
---

# Delete a message template

`DELETE /api/messaging/whatsapp/templates/{id}`

Deletes one WhatsApp message template by SignalWire ID or Meta template ID. Use it when the reusable template should no longer be available for outbound messages; this does not delete the WhatsApp Business Account or connected number.

#### Permissions

The API token used to authenticate must have the following scope(s) enabled to make a successful request: _Numbers_.

[Learn more about API scopes](/docs/platform/your-signalwire-api-space).

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

Response returned when a template has been deleted.

- WhatsAppTemplateDeleteResponse — Response returned when a template has been deleted.
  - `success` boolean, required — Whether the template was deleted successfully at Meta.
  - `errors` unknown, required

## Other responses

- `401` — Access is unauthorized.
- `404` — The server cannot find the requested resource.
- `500` — An internal server error occurred.

## Changes

> 137 revisions in range; 3 could not be searched.

- **2026-07-20** `14b262a4830d` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-07-20** `6e5c9df70369` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation
- **2026-07-16** `13da5e8c3990` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-07-10** `0f65a5bc6e5c` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation
- **2026-07-09** `99c7f247cc8a` — 1 breaking, 1 info
  - removed the success response with the status `204`
  - added the success response with the status `200`

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/signalwire/apis/signalwire-rest-api/changes/api/messaging/whatsapp/templates/:id/delete.md)

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