Delete a contact

Delete a contact by ID

curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.privy.com/v1/contacts/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

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))

}

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

contacts

{id}

Delete a contact by ID

curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.privy.com/v1/contacts/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

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))

}

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

Authorization

string

header

required

Send either an API token or an OAuth access token as Authorization: Bearer <token>. See the Authentication page for details.

Headers

Privy-Account-Id

string

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

string

required

The contact's unique identifier (returned as id in contact responses).

Response

Contact deleted successfully.

data

object

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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API Reference

Contacts

Orders

Events

Authorizations

Headers

Path Parameters

Response