> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Delete a contact

> DELETE /v1/contacts/{id} — permanently remove a contact from the project's address book.

Permanently remove a contact and its metadata from the project's address book.

**`DELETE /v1/contacts/{id}`**

## Path parameters

<ParamField body="id" type="string" required>
  The contact id to delete.
</ParamField>

<Warning>
  **Deleting is not unsubscribing.** Removing a contact does not add them to the [suppression list](/api-reference/suppressions/list). If the goal is to stop mailing someone, prefer [unsubscribe](/api-reference/contacts/unsubscribe) — a deleted contact can be re-created and silently re-mailed.
</Warning>

## Request

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X DELETE https://api.drin.run/v1/contacts/ct_7Yh2Lp \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $DRIN_API_KEY"
  ```

  ```typescript Node.js theme={null}
  import { DrinClient } from "@drin00/sdk";

  const drin = new DrinClient({ apiKey: process.env.DRIN_API_KEY });

  await drin.contacts.delete("ct_7Yh2Lp");
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Response

Returns `204 No Content` with an empty body. An id that is unknown or not visible to this project returns `404 not_found`.