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title: "Delete a mailbox"
description: "`notify.mailboxes.delete` (DELETE /v1/{name}): Deletes a mailbox and its inbound email."
type: reference
product: email
summary: "Deletes a mailbox and its inbound email."
updated: 2026-09-28
nav: false
---

Deletes a mailbox and its inbound email.

- **Path** `DELETE https://api.sylphx.com/v1/orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/mailboxes/mailbox`
- **Scope** `notify:write`
- **Effect** `destructive` — a successful call removes data; the CLI asks before it runs.
- **Collection** [mailboxes](/docs/api/mailboxes)
- **Query** `etag`, `allow_missing`, `validate_only`, `force`

## Request

| Field | Type | What it is |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | The name of the mailbox to delete. Required. |
| `etag` | `string` | Delete only if the current etag matches. |
| `allow_missing` | `bool` | Succeed when the mailbox does not exist. |
| `validate_only` | `bool` | Validate without deleting anything. |
| `force` | `bool` | Delete its inbound email with it; a mailbox holding inbound email is not deleted without it. |

## Response

The call answers with an empty object.

## Errors

- [`UNAUTHENTICATED`](/docs/api/errors/UNAUTHENTICATED) — No valid key or token was presented.
- [`PERMISSION_DENIED`](/docs/api/errors/PERMISSION_DENIED) — The key lacks the method's permission.
- [`RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND`](/docs/api/errors/RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND) — The named Resource does not exist or is not visible.
- [`ETAG_MISMATCH`](/docs/api/errors/ETAG_MISMATCH) — The etag sent does not match the Resource's current etag.
- [`RESOURCE_IN_USE`](/docs/api/errors/RESOURCE_IN_USE) — The Resource is attached to or held by another Resource, for example a volume attached to a running lease.

Every error arrives in the body [Errors](/docs/platform/errors) describes.

## Examples

**cURL**

```curl
curl -X DELETE "https://api.sylphx.com/v1/orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/mailboxes/mailbox" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SYLPHX_API_KEY"
```

**TypeScript**

```ts
await sylphx.notify.mailboxes.delete({ name: 'orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/mailboxes/mailbox' })
```

**Rust**

```rust
let mut req = sylphx::notify::DeleteMailboxRequest::default();
req.name = "orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/mailboxes/mailbox".to_string();
sx.notify().mailboxes().delete(req).await?;
```

**CLI**

```bash
sylphx notify mailboxes delete orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/mailboxes/mailbox --yes
```

**MCP**

```json
{ "method_id": "notify.mailboxes.delete", "args": {"name":"orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/mailboxes/mailbox"} }
```