---
title: "Delete contacts"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/projects/{project_id}/contacts"
tags: ["Contacts"]
---

# Delete contacts

`DELETE /v1/projects/{project_id}/contacts`

Deletes a batch of up to 1000 contacts as specified by the list of contact IDs.

The contacts are deleted asynchronously. A `CONTACT_DELETE` event will be generated for every successfully deleted contact.

## Request body

- DeleteContactsRequest
  - `contact_ids` string[], required — List of IDs for contacts to be deleted in Conversation API.

## Response `200`

OK

## Other responses

- `401` — Invalid credentials
- `403` — Permission denied. The specified project may not be allowed to use the batch endpoint.
- `500` — Internal error

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[API](https://skmtc.net/sinch/apis/conversation-api-batch-api-sinch.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/sinch/apis/conversation-api-batch-api-sinch/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/sinch/conversation-api-batch-api-sinch/revisions/c4c26e52b406/schema)