# Remove an email address

`DELETE /fapi/v1/me/emails/{email_id}` · called from the environment's sign-in host

Removes one of the authenticated user's email addresses. The primary address cannot be removed; make another verified address primary first. If the environment requires an email address, the user's last verified address cannot be removed either. Requires the authenticated user's `__Host-idp_session` cookie; if the cookie is missing, expired, or revoked, returns `401 unauthenticated`. A first-party app on another origin can instead send its front API access token (`Authorization: DPoP <token>` with a DPoP proof; see [Front API access token](/docs/api/fapi/front-api-token)).

The session must have been verified in the last 5 minutes. If the user has a second factor, the session must also have been opened with a second factor (`urn:idp:acr:mfa`).

## Request

Headers:

| Header | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `Idp-Client` | yes | SDK identifier. |
| `Origin` | yes | Must be exactly `https://<sign-in host>`. |

`email_id`: the email address identifier returned by `GET /fapi/v1/me/emails` (lowercase UUID).

No body.

## Response

`204 No Content`.

## Errors

| Status | Code | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 | `unauthenticated` | No valid session cookie. |
| 401 | `step_up_required` | Session was not verified in the last 5 minutes or a second factor is required; re-verify with `max_age=300` (and if applicable, `acr_values`) in the `WWW-Authenticate` header. |
| 403 | `origin_not_allowed` | `Origin` is missing or wrong. |
| 404 | `not_found` | No such email address for this user. |
| 409 | `primary_identifier_required` | The address is the primary one. |
| 409 | `last_verified_channel` | The address is the user's last verified one and the environment requires an email address. |

## Example

```bash
curl -X DELETE https://example.keenauth.app/fapi/v1/me/emails/0190a5c4-1b2c-7d3e-8f40-516273849abc \
  -H "Idp-Client: my-app/1.0.0 (node/22.0.0)" \
  -H "Origin: https://example.keenauth.app" \
  -b cookies.txt
```

## Personal data

This endpoint carries personal data: end-user profile. [Personal data in the KeenAuth APIs](/docs/policies/personal-data) describes what is stored, how long it is kept and how it is deleted. Do not send special categories of personal data (health, biometric data, religion, political opinions, sexual orientation) in any field.