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# Delete a mailbox message

> Moves a message to Trash by default, unconditionally unless `If-Match` is supplied. Set `permanent=true` to permanently delete it. Send `If-Match` with a prior ETag to reject stale deletes.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi-app.json delete /mailbox/messages/{message_id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  description: Programmatic access to your Sendmux email infrastructure.
  title: Sendmux API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - description: API v1
    url: https://app.sendmux.ai/api/v1
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /mailbox/messages/{message_id}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Mailbox API
      summary: Delete a mailbox message
      description: >-
        Moves a message to Trash by default, unconditionally unless `If-Match`
        is supplied. Set `permanent=true` to permanently delete it. Send
        `If-Match` with a prior ETag to reject stale deletes.
      operationId: mailboxDeleteMessage
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: message_id
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - in: query
          name: permanent
          required: false
          schema:
            type: boolean
        - in: header
          name: If-Match
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
        - description: >-
            Mailbox public ID to target when the credential grants access to
            more than one mailbox. Omit when the credential is scoped to exactly
            one mailbox.
          in: query
          name: mailbox_id
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MailboxMessageDeletedResponse'
          description: Deletion result
        '404':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
          description: Message not found
        '409':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
          description: ETag or state conflict
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    MailboxMessageDeletedResponse:
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessEnvelope'
        - properties:
            data:
              additionalProperties: false
              properties:
                deleted:
                  enum:
                    - true
                  type: boolean
                id:
                  type: string
              required:
                - deleted
                - id
              type: object
            meta:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseMeta'
          required:
            - data
          type: object
      unevaluatedProperties: false
    ApiError:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        error:
          additionalProperties: false
          properties:
            code:
              description: Machine-readable error code
              enum:
                - invalid_parameter
                - missing_parameter
                - authentication_required
                - insufficient_permissions
                - not_found
                - conflict
                - limit_exceeded
                - idempotency_conflict
                - payload_too_large
                - validation_error
                - rate_limit_exceeded
                - service_unavailable
                - internal_error
              example: invalid_parameter
              type: string
            doc_url:
              description: Link to relevant documentation
              type: string
            errors:
              description: >-
                Accumulated per-field issues for validation errors. Only present
                on 400/422 responses.
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorDetail'
              type: array
            message:
              description: Human-readable error description
              type: string
            param:
              description: The parameter that caused the error
              type: string
            retryable:
              description: >-
                Whether the caller may safely retry this request. 4xx are
                typically false (except 429); 5xx are typically true.
              example: false
              type: boolean
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - retryable
          type: object
        meta:
          additionalProperties: false
          properties:
            request_id:
              example: req_clxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
              type: string
          required:
            - request_id
          type: object
        ok:
          enum:
            - false
          type: boolean
      required:
        - ok
        - error
        - meta
      type: object
    SuccessEnvelope:
      properties:
        meta:
          additionalProperties: {}
          properties: {}
          type: object
        ok:
          enum:
            - true
          type: boolean
      required:
        - ok
        - meta
      type: object
    ResponseMeta:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        request_id:
          example: req_clxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
          type: string
      required:
        - request_id
      type: object
    ApiErrorDetail:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        code:
          description: >-
            Machine-readable issue code from the validator (e.g. zod issue
            code).
          example: invalid_string
          type: string
        field:
          description: Dot-path of the offending request field.
          example: recipient.email
          type: string
        message:
          description: Human-readable issue description.
          type: string
      required:
        - field
        - code
        - message
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      bearerFormat: API Key
      description: >-
        Sendmux API key. Use a root API key for Management API routes, or a
        mailbox credential for Mailbox API routes. Obtain keys from the
        dashboard under API Keys.
      scheme: bearer
      type: http

````