---
title: "Remove a contact photo"
description: "Takes the photo off the contact and deletes the stored image, the way Remove does on a contact in the app."
url: "https://openemail.uk/docs/api/contacts/photo-remove"
area: "API"
category: "Mailbox"
---

# 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.

`DELETE /contacts/{email}/photo`

## 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": "grace@example.com",
  "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`.