---
title: "Delete a contact"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/contacts/{id}"
tags: ["Contacts"]
---

# Delete a contact

`DELETE /v1/contacts/{id}`

## Request

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

Deletes the contact record. Two things deliberately survive it.

**The send log.** Rows in `GET /v1/emails` keep the address and their now-dangling `contactId`, because discarding delivery history along with the contact would erase the bounce and complaint record you are required to be able to produce.

**Suppressions.** The do-not-send list is keyed by address, not by contact, so deleting a contact does not make a suppressed address mailable again — and re-creating the contact does not either. Use `DELETE /v1/suppressions/{id}` if that is what you meant.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

Deleted.

- object
  - `success` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing or invalid API key.
- `404`: Not found.
- `422`: Request validation failed (code `validation_error`, 422).

---

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