---
title: "Certificate contact delete"
url: "https://help.internetx.com/en/api/core-certificate-contact-delete/"
lang: "en"
section: "API reference — API reference (XML/JSON)"
breadcrumb: "API documentation (JSON/XML) > Tasks > SSL tasks"
updated: "2023-09-18"
---

# Certificate contact delete

## Function

The _CertificateContactDelete_ task allows you to delete an existing contact.

## Description

Route: DELETE /sslcontact/{id}  
There is no need to send a body.  

```
{
}
```

```
{
   "stid": "20190702-app2-dev-24654",
   "status": {
      "code": "S400203",
      "text": "Contact was deleted successfully.",
      "type": "SUCCESS"
   },
   "object": {
      "type": "SslContact",
      "value": "2059"
   }
}
```

Task number: 400203  
Uses SSLContact object

```
<request>
    <auth>
        <user>USER</user>
        <password>PASSWORD</password>
        <context>CONTEXT</context>
    </auth>
    <task>
        <code>400203</code>
        <contact>
            <id>100</id>
        </contact>
    </task>
</request>
```

```
<response>
  <result>
    <data />
    <status>
      <code>S400203</code>
      <text>Contact was deleted successfully.</text>
      <type>success</type>
      <object>
        <type>contact</type>
        <value>100</value>
      </object>
    </status>
  </result>
</response>
```