> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.ciarem.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Delete a template

> Soft-delete locally and best-effort delete at Meta.

The local name frees immediately; Meta enforces its own cooldown before the
same name can be submitted again, so an immediate re-create with the same
name can still be rejected by Meta.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json delete /v1/templates/{template_id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Ciarem API
  version: v1
  description: >
    The Ciarem public API. Authenticate every request with an org-bound API key

    (created in Settings → API keys; Scale plan or free trial) sent as a bearer
    token:

    `Authorization: Bearer oak_…`.


    Compatibility: this is an early, fast-moving API. Most changes are

    additive (new endpoints, new optional params, new response fields, new

    enum/string values) — clients must tolerate unknown fields and unknown

    string values. Every contract change is listed in the changelog at

    help.ciarem.ai.
servers:
  - url: https://api.ciarem.ai
security:
  - apiKey: []
tags:
  - name: Account
    description: The organization behind the API key.
  - name: Contacts
    description: People in the CRM — create, read, update, delete.
  - name: CRM
    description: 'The shape of the CRM: custom properties and funnel stages.'
  - name: Conversations
    description: Read the message history of a conversation.
  - name: WhatsApp numbers
    description: The connected numbers a send can go out from.
  - name: WhatsApp templates
    description: Message templates, and what each one needs filled before it can be sent.
  - name: Broadcasts
    description: Send a template, and follow what happened to every recipient.
paths:
  /v1/templates/{template_id}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - WhatsApp templates
      summary: Delete a template
      description: >-
        Soft-delete locally and best-effort delete at Meta.


        The local name frees immediately; Meta enforces its own cooldown before
        the

        same name can be submitted again, so an immediate re-create with the
        same

        name can still be rejected by Meta.
      operationId: delete_endpoint_v1_templates__template_id__delete
      parameters:
        - name: template_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            title: Template Id
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Successful Response
          headers:
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
        '401':
          description: >-
            No usable credential: `missing_bearer_token` (no `Authorization:
            Bearer`) or `invalid_api_key` (unknown or revoked key).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicError'
        '403':
          description: >-
            The credential is real but not allowed here: `api_key_required` (a
            session token rather than an `oak_` key), `scale_plan_required` (a
            live plan below Scale — upgrade to Scale), `trial_expired` (the free
            trial ended without a card — subscribe to keep the key working), or
            `subscription_required` (the subscription is canceled or suspended).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicError'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
        '429':
          description: >-
            Over the organization's request budget (`rate_limited`).
            `Retry-After` says how many seconds to wait.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicError'
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              description: Seconds until the window resets.
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
components:
  headers:
    X-RateLimit-Limit:
      description: Requests allowed per window, shared across the org's keys.
      schema:
        type: integer
    X-RateLimit-Remaining:
      description: Requests left in the current window.
      schema:
        type: integer
    X-RateLimit-Reset:
      description: When the window resets, as a Unix timestamp in seconds.
      schema:
        type: integer
  schemas:
    PublicError:
      description: An error whose `detail` is a stable, machine-readable code.
      properties:
        detail:
          title: Detail
          type: string
      required:
        - detail
      title: PublicError
      type: object
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
        input:
          title: Input
        ctx:
          type: object
          title: Context
      type: object
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
      title: ValidationError
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'An org API key: `Authorization: Bearer oak_…`.'

````