# Remove numbers from the phone suppression list

`DELETE /api/v1/phone/suppressions`

- Authentication: Secret API key as a bearer token
- Billing: Free.
- Group: Phone

Removes up to 1,000 numbers per request by the number itself, for a caller that knows the number but not the id it was filed under. Each value is read to E.164 first, against `country` when it carries no calling code, so `07911 012345` with `country: "GB"` removes the entry filed as `+447911012345`.

The answer names every number it was given, spelled the way you sent it: `removed` are the ones that were on the list and no longer are, `not_found` the ones that were not on it — including a number that is not a valid subscriber number, and one that is on another account's list.

The cap is 1,000 rather than the import's 10,000 because the answer names every value back: a request over the cap is a `422` and removes nothing. Removing an entry means the number is looked up fresh the next time a batch, bulk or monitor run meets it.

## Request body

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `values` | string[] | yes | 1 to 1,000 numbers, each in any notation. |
| `country` | string | null | no | The region values written without a calling code are read against. |

## Example request

```bash
curl -X DELETE https://spaw.co/api/v1/phone/suppressions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_…" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "values": [
    "07911 012345",
    "+14152010142"
  ],
  "country": "GB"
}'
```

## Responses

### 200 — Which of the numbers were on the list and which were not.

```json
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "removed": [
            "07911 012345"
        ],
        "not_found": [
            "+14152010142"
        ]
    }
}
```

### 401 — The key is missing, malformed, or revoked.

```json
{
    "success": false,
    "error": {
        "code": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
        "message": "Provide a valid API key as a bearer token.",
        "request_id": "req_01m1kgdm4xngzmbmff68g94w0c"
    }
}
```

### 422 — The request body could not be validated; `error.errors` lists the fields.

```json
{
    "success": false,
    "error": {
        "code": "VALIDATION_FAILED",
        "message": "The email field is required.",
        "errors": {
            "email": [
                "The email field is required."
            ]
        },
        "request_id": "req_01m1kgdm4xngzmbmff68g94w0c"
    }
}
```

### 429 — Over 5 requests per second for the key. Retry after the limit resets.

```json
{
    "success": false,
    "error": {
        "code": "RATE_LIMITED",
        "message": "Too many requests. Retry after the limit resets.",
        "request_id": "req_01m1kgdm4xngzmbmff68g94w0c"
    }
}
```

## Error codes

- `UNAUTHENTICATED` — https://spaw.co/docs/errors/UNAUTHENTICATED
- `VALIDATION_FAILED` — https://spaw.co/docs/errors/VALIDATION_FAILED
- `RATE_LIMITED` — https://spaw.co/docs/errors/RATE_LIMITED

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Canonical page: https://spaw.co/docs/api/remove-phone-suppressions · OpenAPI document: https://spaw.co/openapi.json · All endpoints: https://spaw.co/docs/api