> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.telnyx.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Delete a draft

> Permanently deletes an unsent draft. Drafts that are being sent or have been sent
cannot be deleted; sent drafts are retained for audit.




## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/generated/email/inboxes.yml delete /email_inboxes/{inbox_id}/drafts/{draft_id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  contact:
    email: support@telnyx.com
  description: API for managing email inboxes, drafts, messages, filters, and threads.
  title: Telnyx Email Inboxes API
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.telnyx.com/v2
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /email_inboxes/{inbox_id}/drafts/{draft_id}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Email Drafts
      summary: Delete a draft
      description: >
        Permanently deletes an unsent draft. Drafts that are being sent or have
        been sent

        cannot be deleted; sent drafts are retained for audit.
      operationId: DeleteEmailDraft
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DraftInboxId'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DraftId'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: The draft was deleted.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/email_UnauthorizedResponse'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/email_NotFoundResponse'
        '422':
          description: >-
            The draft is being sent or has already been sent and is retained for
            audit.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/email_ErrorResponse'
        '503':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/DraftUnavailableResponse'
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: JavaScript
          source: |-
            import Telnyx from 'telnyx';

            const client = new Telnyx({
              apiKey: process.env['TELNYX_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
            });

            await client.emailInboxes.drafts.delete('inbox_id', 'draft_id');
        - lang: Python
          source: |-
            import os
            from telnyx import Telnyx

            client = Telnyx(
                api_key=os.environ.get("TELNYX_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
            )
            client.email_inboxes.drafts.delete(
                "inbox_id",
                "draft_id",
            )
        - lang: Go
          source: "package main\n\nimport (\n\t\"context\"\n\n\t\"github.com/team-telnyx/telnyx-go\"\n\t\"github.com/team-telnyx/telnyx-go/option\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n\tclient := telnyx.NewClient(\n\t\toption.WithAPIKey(\"My API Key\"),\n\t)\n\terr := client.EmailInboxes.Drafts.Delete(\n\t\tcontext.TODO(),\n\t\t\"inbox_id\",\n\t\t\"draft_id\",\n\t)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\tpanic(err.Error())\n\t}\n}\n"
        - lang: Java
          source: |-
            package com.telnyx.sdk.example;

            import com.telnyx.sdk.client.TelnyxClient;
            import com.telnyx.sdk.client.okhttp.TelnyxOkHttpClient;

            public final class Main {
                private Main() {}

                public static void main(String[] args) {
                    TelnyxClient client = TelnyxOkHttpClient.fromEnv();

                    client.emailInboxes().drafts().delete("inbox_id", "draft_id");
                }
            }
        - lang: Ruby
          source: >-
            require "telnyx"


            telnyx = Telnyx::Client.new(api_key: "My API Key")


            response = telnyx.email_inboxes.drafts.delete("inbox_id",
            "draft_id")


            puts(response)
        - lang: PHP
          source: >-
            <?php


            require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';


            use Telnyx\Client;

            use Telnyx\Core\Exceptions\APIException;


            $client = new Client(apiKey: getenv('TELNYX_API_KEY') ?: 'My API
            Key');


            try {
              $response = $client->emailInboxes->drafts->delete(
                'inbox_id',
                'draft_id',
              );

              var_dump($response);
            } catch (APIException $e) {
              echo $e->getMessage();
            }
        - lang: CLI
          source: |-
            telnyx email-inboxes:drafts delete \
              --api-key 'My API Key' \
              --inbox-id inbox_id \
              --draft-id draft_id
components:
  parameters:
    DraftInboxId:
      name: inbox_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Email inbox UUID.
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
    DraftId:
      name: draft_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Email draft UUID.
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
  responses:
    email_UnauthorizedResponse:
      description: Not authorized (10006).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/email_ErrorResponse'
          example:
            errors:
              - code: '10006'
                title: Not authorized
                detail: Invalid API key
                meta:
                  url: https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/overview/errors/10006
    email_NotFoundResponse:
      description: Resource not found (10001).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/email_ErrorResponse'
          example:
            errors:
              - code: '10001'
                title: Not Found
                detail: The requested resource was not found
    DraftUnavailableResponse:
      description: Drafts or the email domain service are temporarily unavailable (10016).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/email_ErrorResponse'
          example:
            errors:
              - code: '10016'
                title: Service Unavailable
                detail: Drafts are temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.
  schemas:
    email_ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorObject'
        suppressed:
          type: array
          description: >-
            Present when every recipient is suppressed, so the request is
            rejected and no message is created.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuppressedRecipient'
      required:
        - errors
    ErrorObject:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Telnyx error code. Edge idempotency errors use 10027 or 10036.
            Fallback 404/500 responses from the framework may use string status
            codes ('404', '500') instead.
          enum:
            - '10001'
            - '10006'
            - '10007'
            - '10015'
            - '10016'
            - '10019'
            - recipient_suppressed
            - reputation_suspended
            - '404'
            - '500'
            - '10027'
            - '10036'
        title:
          type: string
        detail:
          description: >-
            Human-readable error detail. Changeset responses may return a
            structured object.
          oneOf:
            - type: string
            - type: object
              additionalProperties: true
        source:
          type:
            - object
            - 'null'
          additionalProperties: true
        meta:
          type:
            - object
            - 'null'
          additionalProperties: true
          description: Additional metadata. Present on 401 errors with a documentation URL.
      required:
        - code
        - title
        - detail
    SuppressedRecipient:
      type: object
      properties:
        to:
          type: string
          format: email
          description: Suppressed recipient email address.
        reason:
          type: string
          description: Suppression reason returned by the recipient suppression service.
        scope:
          type: string
          description: Scope at which the suppression applies.
        override_allowed:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether an authorized send may override this suppression.
      required:
        - to
        - reason
        - scope
        - override_allowed
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      scheme: bearer
      type: http

````