# Delete a contact

Permanently delete a contact by UUID. This creates a background deletion job.

Endpoint: DELETE /leads/api/leads/{uuid}
Version: 2.0.0
Security: bearerAuth

## Path parameters:

  - `uuid` (string, required)
    Resource UUID.

## Response 422 fields (application/json):

  - `error` (object)

  - `error.reason` (string)
    Machine-readable error code: `validation_error`, `bad_request`, `auth_exception`, `access_denied`, `payment_required`.
    Example: validation_error

  - `error.message` (string)
    Example: The name field is required.

  - `message` (string)
    Example: The given data was invalid.

  - `code` (integer)
    Example: 422