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# Delete a stage

> `transferToStageId` is required — contacts on this stage move there rather than being left without one.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json delete /v1/contact-stages/{stageId}
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Flovoo API
  description: |-
    Authenticate with an API key created from **Connectors → API**:

    ```
    Authorization: Bearer flv_...
    ```

    The organization is derived from the key, so no request carries an
    organization id.
  version: '1.0'
  contact: {}
servers: []
security: []
tags: []
paths:
  /v1/contact-stages/{stageId}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Contact Stages
      summary: Delete a stage
      description: >-
        `transferToStageId` is required — contacts on this stage move there
        rather than being left without one.
      operationId: PublicContactStagesController_remove
      parameters:
        - name: stageId
          required: true
          in: path
          description: The stage id.
          schema:
            format: uuid
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicDeleteContactStageDoc'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Deleted. No body.
        '400':
          description: >-
            The request failed validation. Every failing field is listed in
            `details`, not just the first.
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                error:
                  type: invalid_request_error
                  code: validation_failed
                  message: The request failed validation.
                  details:
                    - param: phone
                      code: invalid_string
                      message: Invalid phone number format
                  requestId: req_01J8X4M2N9P3Q5R7
        '401':
          description: The key is missing, unknown, or revoked.
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                missing:
                  summary: No Authorization header
                  value:
                    error:
                      type: authentication_error
                      code: missing_api_key
                      message: No API key was provided.
                      requestId: req_01J8X4M2N9P3Q5R7
                invalid:
                  summary: Unknown key
                  value:
                    error:
                      type: authentication_error
                      code: invalid_api_key
                      message: The API key provided is not valid.
                      requestId: req_01J8X4M2N9P3Q5R7
                revoked:
                  summary: Revoked key
                  value:
                    error:
                      type: authentication_error
                      code: revoked_api_key
                      message: This API key has been revoked.
                      requestId: req_01J8X4M2N9P3Q5R7
        '403':
          description: The key is valid but lacks the route's scope.
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                error:
                  type: permission_error
                  code: insufficient_scope
                  message: >-
                    This API key does not have the required scope:
                    contacts.create.
                  requestId: req_01J8X4M2N9P3Q5R7
        '404':
          description: No such Contact stage in this organization.
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                error:
                  type: invalid_request_error
                  code: not_found
                  message: >-
                    Contact stage with ID 0198f2a1-8c3d-7a4e-b5f6-1a2b3c4d5e6f
                    not found in this organization.
                  requestId: req_01J8X4M2N9P3Q5R7
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded. `Retry-After` gives the seconds to wait.
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                error:
                  type: rate_limit_error
                  code: rate_limit_exceeded
                  message: >-
                    Rate limit of 300 requests per minute exceeded. Retry in
                    23s.
                  requestId: req_01J8X4M2N9P3Q5R7
        '500':
          description: >-
            An error on our side. The original exception is never returned;
            quote `requestId` to support.
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                error:
                  type: api_error
                  code: internal_error
                  message: An unexpected error occurred.
                  requestId: req_01J8X4M2N9P3Q5R7
      security:
        - api-key: []
components:
  schemas:
    PublicDeleteContactStageDoc:
      type: object
      properties:
        transferToStageId:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      required:
        - transferToStageId
  securitySchemes:
    api-key:
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      type: http
      description: Your API key, e.g. flv_9f2a8c1e…

````