---
title: "Delete an email message"
method: DELETE
path: "/email_messages/{id}"
tags: ["Email Messages"]
---

# Delete an email message

`DELETE /email_messages/{id}`

Permanently deletes an account-scoped email message, its events, its durable
recipients, and unshared attachment objects. Returns 404 when the message does
not exist in the authenticated account. The legacy `/v2/emails/{id}` DELETE
route is a backward-compatible alias.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Response `204`

Email data deleted successfully.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request / Validation Failed (10015).
- `401` — Not authorized (10006).
- `404` — Resource not found (10001).
- `500` — Internal server error (10019).

---

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