# Delete a custom attribute

`DELETE /api/contacts/{phone}/attributes/{key}`  (operationId: `deleteContactAttribute`, group: Contacts)

Removes one custom attribute from the contact and returns what is left.

Part of the core API, included in the Growth and Scale plans. Any one of these scopes is enough: `contacts`.

**Parameters**

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `phone` | path | string | yes | Contact phone number with the country code, digits only. A leading + is accepted. A 10-digit number with no country code is treated as Indian (91 is added). |
| `key` | path | string | yes | The attribute name to remove. |

**Response 200**: The remaining attributes.

Example:

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "attributes": {
    "plan": "Business"
  }
}
```

Part of the InboxWA API reference: https://inboxwa.online/docs/api . Full reference as one document: https://inboxwa.online/docs/api.md . OpenAPI: https://inboxwa.online/openapi.json