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updatedAt: 2025-06-09T22:07:48.000Z
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---

# Delete a contact

Delete a [contact](reference#read-a-contact-1) by providing the contact key.
* Upon deleting a contact, the contact will also be removed from any associated [boxes](reference#get-a-box).

You must be part of the [team](reference#get-teams) on which a contact is created in order to delete it.

# OpenAPI definition

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        "description": "Delete a [contact](reference#read-a-contact-1) by providing the contact key.\n* Upon deleting a contact, the contact will also be removed from any associated [boxes](reference#get-a-box).",
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```