---
title: "Delete an email message"
method: DELETE
path: "/email_messages/{id}"
tags: ["Email Messages"]
---

# Delete an email message

`DELETE /email_messages/{id}`

Permanently deletes an account-scoped email message, its events, its durable
recipients, and unshared attachment objects. Returns 404 when the message does
not exist in the authenticated account. The legacy `/v2/emails/{id}` DELETE
route is a backward-compatible alias.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Response `204`

Email data deleted successfully.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request / Validation Failed (10015).
- `401` — Not authorized (10006).
- `404` — Resource not found (10001).
- `500` — Internal server error (10019).

## Changes

> 99 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2026-09-22** `9621f6123ebc` — 8 warning
  - added the new `10011` enum value to the `errors/items/code` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `10011` enum value to the `errors/items/code` response property for the response status `401`
  - added the new `10011` enum value to the `errors/items/code` response property for the response status `404`
  - added the new `10011` enum value to the `errors/items/code` response property for the response status `500`
  - …4 more
- **2026-07-28** `b1bf96d8391e` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/team-telnyx/apis/telnyx-api-2/changes/email_messages/:id/delete.md)

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