---
title: "Delete template by id"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/whatsapp/templates/id/{templateId}"
tags: ["WhatsApp"]
---

# Delete template by id

`DELETE /v1/whatsapp/templates/id/{templateId}`

Delete one language variant by its Meta id. Other languages of the same name are untouched.
The name cannot be reused for 30 days once its last variant is deleted.

## Path parameters

- `templateId` string, required

## Query parameters

- `accountId` string, required

## Response `200`

Variant deleted successfully

- object
  - `success` boolean
  - `scope` 'language'
  - `language` string
  - `message` string

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `404` — Account not found.
- `502` — Meta rejected the request (including an id the account cannot access) or was unreachable. Meta 4xx statuses are forwarded as-is.

## Changes

- **2026-09-16** `3e6ddf2a99ea` — 1 info
  - added the optional property `details/budgetScope` to the response with the `400` status
- **2026-09-15** `0dba7d004d75` — 2 info
  - added the optional property `details/quotaExhausted` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `details/quotaScope` to the response with the `400` status
- **2026-08-29** `e6f7a453bfb1` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/zernio/apis/zernio-api/changes/v1/whatsapp/templates/id/:templateId/delete.md)

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