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---
title: contacts.deleteContact
description: Delete a contact
image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
---
# Method: contacts.deleteContact
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Delete a contact
### Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|id|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputUser](../types/InputUser.md) | The contact to delete | Optional|
### Return type: [contacts\_Link](../types/contacts_Link.md)
### Can bots use this method: **NO**
### MadelineProto Example ([now async for huge speed and parallelism!](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/ASYNC.html)):
```php
if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
}
include 'madeline.php';
$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
$MadelineProto->start();
$contacts_Link = $MadelineProto->contacts->deleteContact(['id' => InputUser, ]);
```
Or, if you're into Lua:
```lua
contacts_Link = contacts.deleteContact({id=InputUser, })
```
### Errors this method can return:
| Error | Description |
|----------|---------------|
|CONTACT_ID_INVALID|The provided contact ID is invalid|