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

# Delete a contact

`DELETE /contacts/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.unitpost.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://www.unitpost.com/api/v1/contacts/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Permanently delete a contact and its field values. This also removes the contact from every segment it belonged to. To stop mailing someone without deleting them, unsubscribe them from a topic with [Set a contact's topic preference](#post-contacts-id-topics) or add them to your [suppression list](#post-suppressions) instead. Requires the `contacts:write` capability.

## Response `204`

Deleted.

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing or invalid API key.
- `404`: Contact not found.

---

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