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# Delete an agent email alias

> Delete an alias configuration and free the address for reuse. Requires effective Tenant Admin credentials. Works even if the destination was moved or deleted. Does not delete existing conversations or stop messages flowing into their bound sessions. Repeating deletion after success returns 404.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json delete /agent-email/aliases/{alias}
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Effective API
  version: 2.0.0
  description: The public Effective REST API. Authenticate using an Effective API key.
servers:
  - url: https://api.canary.effectiveai.app/api/v2
    description: Canary
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /agent-email/aliases/{alias}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Agent email aliases
      summary: Delete an agent email alias
      description: >-
        Delete an alias configuration and free the address for reuse. Requires
        effective Tenant Admin credentials. Works even if the destination was
        moved or deleted. Does not delete existing conversations or stop
        messages flowing into their bound sessions. Repeating deletion after
        success returns 404.
      operationId: deleteAgentEmailAlias
      parameters:
        - schema:
            type: string
            minLength: 1
            maxLength: 20
            pattern: ^[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*$
            description: >-
              Globally unique short alias: 1–20 lowercase letters or digits with
              optional internal hyphens.
          required: true
          description: >-
            Globally unique short alias: 1–20 lowercase letters or digits with
            optional internal hyphens.
          name: alias
          in: path
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Alias deleted.
        '400':
          description: Invalid alias, config, query, or cursor.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError'
        '401':
          description: Authentication required.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError'
        '403':
          description: Effective Tenant Admin credentials are required.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError'
        '404':
          description: Alias not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    V2CodedError:
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2Error'
        - type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              minLength: 1
              description: Stable error code. Clients must tolerate unknown future codes.
            details:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  location:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - path
                      - query
                      - header
                      - body
                  path:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                      maxLength: 64
                    maxItems: 12
                  code:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - required
                      - invalid_type
                      - invalid_value
                      - unknown_field
                  message:
                    type: string
                    minLength: 1
                    maxLength: 200
                required:
                  - location
                  - path
                  - code
                  - message
              minItems: 1
              maxItems: 20
              description: Bounded safe validation issues; may omit some invalid fields.
            requestId:
              type: string
              minLength: 1
              maxLength: 128
              description: >-
                Existing server correlation for this HTTP attempt, when
                available.
            dataset:
              type: string
              enum:
                - naic
                - osha
              description: Dataset needed for dataset_not_enabled.
            businessCode:
              type: string
              description: The rater’s own refusal code, for business_rejection.
            violations:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  code:
                    type: string
                    description: Authored or built-in constraint code
                  message:
                    type: string
                    description: Authored message for the failed constraint
                  path:
                    type: string
                    description: Input path of the offending value; empty for the request
                  value:
                    nullable: true
                    description: Offending input value, size-bounded by the runtime
                  constraint:
                    type: string
                    description: The constraint the value failed, as text
                  cite:
                    type: string
                    nullable: true
                    description: >-
                      Filing citation of the constraint, when the source cites
                      one
                required:
                  - code
                  - message
                  - path
                  - value
                  - constraint
                  - cite
                additionalProperties: false
              maxItems: 256
              description: >-
                Each input constraint the submission failed, for invalid_inputs
                and business_rejection.
            violationsTruncated:
              type: boolean
              description: >-
                True when the rater reported more violations than violations
                holds.
            executionId:
              type: string
              description: >-
                The recorded execution of a failed rating, for rater rating
                failures.
            accessUrl:
              type: string
              nullable: true
              format: uri
              description: >-
                Where to add the product to your account, for
                product_access_required.
          required:
            - code
    V2Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          description: Human-readable explanation of the failure.
      required:
        - error
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Effective API key. Send Authorization: Bearer sk-eai-...'

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