curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.privy.com/v1/contacts/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.privy.com/v1/contacts/{id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.privy.com/v1/contacts/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.privy.com/v1/contacts/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.privy.com/v1/contacts/{id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.privy.com/v1/contacts/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.privy.com/v1/contacts/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"id": "cus_a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8",
"first_name": "Jane",
"last_name": "Doe",
"email": "jane@example.com",
"email_consent": "subscribed",
"phone_number": "+15551234567",
"sms_consent": "subscribed",
"tags": [
"vip",
"repeat-buyer"
],
"custom_fields": {
"loyalty_tier": "gold",
"referral_code": "JANE2024"
},
"created_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
"updated_at": "2025-03-20T14:22:00Z"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "unauthorized",
"message": "Bearer token is missing or invalid"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "insufficient_scope",
"message": "Token does not have the required scope"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "not_found",
"message": "Not found"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "rate_limited",
"message": "Rate limit exceeded"
}
}Delete a contact
Soft-delete a contact identified by its unique id.
Deleted contacts can be restored if a new contact is created with the same email or phone number via the Create a contact endpoint.
Required scope: contacts_write
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.privy.com/v1/contacts/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.privy.com/v1/contacts/{id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.privy.com/v1/contacts/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.privy.com/v1/contacts/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.privy.com/v1/contacts/{id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.privy.com/v1/contacts/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.privy.com/v1/contacts/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"id": "cus_a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8",
"first_name": "Jane",
"last_name": "Doe",
"email": "jane@example.com",
"email_consent": "subscribed",
"phone_number": "+15551234567",
"sms_consent": "subscribed",
"tags": [
"vip",
"repeat-buyer"
],
"custom_fields": {
"loyalty_tier": "gold",
"referral_code": "JANE2024"
},
"created_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
"updated_at": "2025-03-20T14:22:00Z"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "unauthorized",
"message": "Bearer token is missing or invalid"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "insufficient_scope",
"message": "Token does not have the required scope"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "not_found",
"message": "Not found"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "rate_limited",
"message": "Rate limit exceeded"
}
}Authorizations
Send either an API token or an OAuth access token as
Authorization: Bearer <token>. See the Authentication page for details.
Headers
Target a subaccount instead of the main connected account.
Pass a subaccount id from get_account's subaccounts list. Only direct subaccounts
of the connected account are reachable — omit this for the main account itself.
Path Parameters
The contact's unique identifier (returned as id in contact responses).
Response
Contact deleted successfully.
A contact in your Privy account: identity, marketing consent per channel, tags, and custom fields. Email and SMS consent are tracked independently — a contact who opts out of one keeps whatever consent they had for the other.
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