---
title: "Batch-delete contacts"
method: POST
path: "/v1/contacts/batch-delete"
tags: ["Contacts"]
---

# Batch-delete contacts

`POST /v1/contacts/batch-delete`

Deletes up to 1000 contacts by email. Returns the deleted count plus `notFound[]` for emails that had no contact.

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string

## Request body

- ContactsBatchDeleteRequest
  - `emails` string[], required

## Response `200`

Batch delete applied.

- ContactsBatchDeleteResponse
  - `deleted` integer, required
  - `notFound` string[]

## Other responses

- `400` — The request body or query string was invalid (unknown key, wrong type, or missing required field). Strict schemas reject unknown keys — including `brandId`, which is always resolved from the API key.
- `401` — The API key was missing, invalid, or revoked.
- `403` — The caller does not have the required `contacts` permission.
- `409` — The same `Idempotency-Key` was reused with a different request body.
- `429` — The request hit the rolling rate limit window.
- `500` — Unexpected internal error.

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