Leads

Delete leads

Delete leads by explicit IDs or filter-based selection. Two modes:

By IDs: Provide leadIds array with one or more lead IDs.

Delete all: Set deleteAll: true with optional filters and excludeIds.

Leads in active campaigns are protected by default. The API returns a 400 error listing affected campaigns. Pass force: true to delete anyway — campaign leads are soft-removed (status set to "removed").

curl -X DELETE "https://api.sendkit.ai/v1/leads" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -d '{
  "leadIds": [
    "665d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b",
    "665d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3c"
  ]
}'

import requests
import json

url = "https://api.sendkit.ai/v1/leads"
headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  "X-Api-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
}
data = {
  "leadIds": [
    "665d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b",
    "665d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3c"
  ]
}

response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers, json=data)
print(response.json())

const response = await fetch("https://api.sendkit.ai/v1/leads", {
  method: "DELETE",
  headers: {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  "X-Api-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
},
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "leadIds": [
    "665d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b",
    "665d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3c"
  ]
})
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "bytes"
    "encoding/json"
)

func main() {
    data := []byte(`{
  "leadIds": [
    "665d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b",
    "665d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3c"
  ]
}`)

    req, err := http.NewRequest("DELETE", "https://api.sendkit.ai/v1/leads", bytes.NewBuffer(data))
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
    req.Header.Set("X-Api-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN")

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    fmt.Println("Response Status:", resp.Status)
}

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://api.sendkit.ai/v1/leads')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(uri)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request['X-Api-Key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'
request.body = '{
  "leadIds": [
    "665d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b",
    "665d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3c"
  ]
}'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.body

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "deletedCount": 5
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "3 lead(s) are in active campaigns: Q1 Outreach, Follow-up Campaign. Pass "force": true to delete anyway.",
    "affectedLeads": 3,
    "campaigns": [
      "Q1 Outreach",
      "Follow-up Campaign"
    ]
  }
}

DELETE

/v1/leads

DELETE

API Key (header: X-Api-Key)

X-Api-Keystring

Required

Platform API key (sk_user_...) or Workspace API key (sk_...)

Bearer Token

Bearer Tokenstring

Required

API key as Bearer token

Content-Typestring

Required

The media type of the request body

Options: application/json

No request body parameters defined

Request Preview

Response

Response will appear here after sending the request

Authentication

header

X-Api-Keystring

Required

API Key for authentication. Platform API key (sk_user_...) or Workspace API key (sk_...)

header

Authorizationstring

Required

Bearer token. API key as Bearer token

Body

application/json

datastring

Required

Raw application/json data

Responses

successboolean

dataobject

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curl -X DELETE "https://api.sendkit.ai/v1/leads" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \ -d '{ "leadIds": [ "665d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b", "665d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3c" ] }'