API

Remove a contact photo

Takes the photo off the contact and deletes the stored image, the way Remove does on a contact in the app.

DELETEapi.openemail.uk/contacts/{email}/photo

Runs the real call against your workspace, with your own key.

DELETE /contacts/{email}/photo

Takes the photo off the contact and deletes the stored image, the way Remove does on a contact in the app.

Example

Needs contacts:write. URL-encode the @.

curl

curl -X DELETE "$OE/contacts/grace%40example.com/photo" -H "$AUTH"

Response

{  "object": "contact",  "email": "[email protected]",  "name": "Grace Hopper",  "source": "manual",  "notes": null,  "photoUrl": null,  "lastSeenAt": null,  "createdAt": "2026-09-18T09:00:00.000Z",  "updatedAt": "2026-09-23T10:25:00.000Z",  "audiences": [    { "id": "aud_9f2c4b7e1a0d63d84c5f2e7b", "name": "All contacts", "builtin": "default" }  ]}

Removing a photo from a contact that has none changes nothing. An address that is not a saved contact is a 404 contact_not_found.