> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Delete a contact

> DELETE /dn/contacts/{id} permanently removes one contact. Returns 204 No Content on success.

Permanently remove one contact by its `id`. Jobs you've already created with this contact's details aren't changed.

See also [Retrieve a contact](https://detrack.mintlify.site/api-reference/contacts/retrieve.md) and [List contacts](https://detrack.mintlify.site/api-reference/contacts/list.md).


## OpenAPI

````yaml DELETE /dn/contacts/{id}
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Detrack REST API v2
  version: '2.0'
  description: >-
    Detrack REST API v2. Checked against detrack-webapp origin/main (production)
    on 2026-09-29: dn_jobs.rb @ d246ad006, dn_depots.rb @ 2a5f387, dn_routes.rb
    @ 50a73a9, app_helper.rb @ d745ad2, dn_jobs_helper.rb @ d296e30,
    job_decorator.rb @ 3041da7, run_location_decorator.rb @ 0f0274d,
    vehicle_route_plan_decorator.rb and tsp_route_decorator.rb @ 7d1f3ef,
    data_export.rb @ ed4e135. Vehicle check submissions checked against
    origin/main on 2026-11-03: dn_vehicle_checklist_submissions.rb @ 3071523d1,
    vehicle_checklist_submission_decorator.rb @ f4002c957,
    vehicle_checklist_submission.rb @ b80aea03c,
    vehicle_checklist_submission_rules.rb @ e55194ed7. Contacts checked against
    origin/main on 2026-11-04: dn_contacts.rb, contacts_helper.rb and contact.rb
    @ a1b3694a0, contact_decorator.rb @ a51f1eab7.
servers:
  - url: https://app.detrack.com/api/v2
security:
  - apiKey: []
tags:
  - name: Jobs
    description: Deliveries and collections.
  - name: Depots
    description: Saved warehouse and pickup locations.
  - name: Contacts
    description: Your address book of saved recipients.
  - name: Routes
    description: Optimized multi-stop plans across vehicles.
  - name: Vehicle checks
    description: >-
      Checklists your drivers submit for a vehicle, such as start-of-day and
      end-of-day checks.
paths:
  /dn/contacts/{id}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Contacts
      summary: Delete a contact
      operationId: deleteContact
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ContactId'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Deleted. The response has no body.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ContactNotFound'
        '422':
          description: The contact couldn't be deleted.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              example:
                code: deletion_failed
                message: Deletion Failed
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
components:
  parameters:
    ContactId:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        example: 65263b0c29e804cae4fedd76
      description: >-
        The contact's `id`, from [List contacts](/api-reference/contacts/list)
        or [Create a contact](/api-reference/contacts/create).
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: >-
        The API key is missing or invalid. A missing `X-API-KEY` returns `{
        "error": "Missing Authorization header" }`; an invalid key returns `{
        "code": "invalid_key", "message": "Invalid key" }`.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            oneOf:
              - type: object
                title: Missing key
                required:
                  - error
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                    example: Missing Authorization header
              - type: object
                title: Invalid key
                required:
                  - code
                properties:
                  code:
                    type: string
                    example: invalid_key
                  message:
                    type: string
                    example: Invalid key
          example:
            code: invalid_key
            message: Invalid key
    Forbidden:
      description: Your API key's user doesn't have permission for this action.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              code:
                type: string
                example: forbidden
          example:
            code: forbidden
    ContactNotFound:
      description: No contact has that `id`, or your API key's user can't see it.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            code: not_found
            message: Contact not found
    ServerError:
      description: >-
        Unexpected server error. Retry with exponential backoff, and contact
        Detrack support if it persists.
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          example: not_found
        message:
          type: string
          example: Could not find job with this DO number
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-KEY
      description: Your Detrack API key, from **Integrations > API Key** in the dashboard.

````

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