## Delete contact by ID

**delete** `/v2/contacts/{id}`

Permanently deletes a contact by their Featurebase ID.

Supports deleting both customers and leads.

### Path Parameters

- `id` - The Featurebase contact ID (24-character ObjectId)

### Deletion Behavior

When a contact is deleted:

- The contact record is permanently removed
- Associated data cleanup is triggered asynchronously
- Comments and posts created by the contact are handled according to retention policies

### Response

Returns a deletion confirmation object:

- `id` - The ID of the deleted contact
- `object` - Always "contact"
- `deleted` - Always `true`

### Example Response

```json
{
  "id": "676f0f6765bdaa7d7d760f88",
  "object": "contact",
  "deleted": true
}
```

### Version Availability

This endpoint is only available in API version 2026-01-01.nova and newer.

### Path Parameters

- `id: string`

  Featurebase contact ID

### Header Parameters

- `"Featurebase-Version": optional "2026-01-01.nova" or "2025-12-12.clover"`

  - `"2026-01-01.nova"`

  - `"2025-12-12.clover"`

### Returns

- `DeletedContact object { id, deleted, object }`

  - `id: string`

    Unique identifier of the deleted contact

  - `deleted: true`

    Indicates the resource was deleted

    - `true`

  - `object: "contact"`

    Object type identifier

    - `"contact"`

### Example

```http
curl https://do.featurebase.app/v2/contacts/$ID \
    -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $FEATUREBASE_API_KEY"
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
  "deleted": true,
  "object": "contact"
}
```