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DELETE
/
v1
/
personas
/
{persona_id}
Delete Persona
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.bland.ai/v1/personas/{persona_id} \
  --header 'authorization: <authorization>'
import requests

url = "https://api.bland.ai/v1/personas/{persona_id}"

headers = {"authorization": "<authorization>"}

response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {authorization: '<authorization>'}};

fetch('https://api.bland.ai/v1/personas/{persona_id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.bland.ai/v1/personas/{persona_id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "authorization: <authorization>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.bland.ai/v1/personas/{persona_id}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("authorization", "<authorization>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.bland.ai/v1/personas/{persona_id}")
  .header("authorization", "<authorization>")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.bland.ai/v1/personas/{persona_id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["authorization"] = '<authorization>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "data": {
    "success": true,
    "message": "Persona deleted successfully"
  },
  "errors": null
}

{
  "data": null,
  "errors": [
    {
      "error": "PERSONA_IN_USE",
      "message": "Cannot delete persona that is currently in use by phone numbers",
      "details": {
        "persona_id": "12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012",
        "phone_numbers_using": [
          "+15551234567",
          "+15551234568"
        ],
        "suggestion": "Remove persona from all phone numbers first, or use force=true parameter"
      }
    }
  ]
}

{
  "data": null,
  "errors": [
    {
      "error": "PERSONA_NOT_FOUND",
      "message": "Persona not found",
      "details": {
        "persona_id": "12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012"
      }
    }
  ]
}
Deleting a persona will remove all versions and configuration data permanently. Any phone numbers currently using this persona will need to be reconfigured with a different persona or direct configuration.

​
Headers

​
authorization
string
required
Your API key for authentication.

​
Path Parameters

​
persona_id
string
required
The unique identifier of the persona to delete.

​
Query Parameters

​
force
boolean
default:"false"
Force deletion even if persona is currently in use by phone numbers. When false, deletion will fail if persona is actively being used.

​
Response

​
data
object
The deletion result object.
​
errors
string
Any errors that occurred (null if none).
{
  "data": {
    "success": true,
    "message": "Persona deleted successfully"
  },
  "errors": null
}

{
  "data": null,
  "errors": [
    {
      "error": "PERSONA_IN_USE",
      "message": "Cannot delete persona that is currently in use by phone numbers",
      "details": {
        "persona_id": "12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012",
        "phone_numbers_using": [
          "+15551234567",
          "+15551234568"
        ],
        "suggestion": "Remove persona from all phone numbers first, or use force=true parameter"
      }
    }
  ]
}

{
  "data": null,
  "errors": [
    {
      "error": "PERSONA_NOT_FOUND",
      "message": "Persona not found",
      "details": {
        "persona_id": "12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012"
      }
    }
  ]
}
Docs for agents: llms.txt