# Delete audience

> DELETE /audiences/:id — delete an audience and its contacts.

`DELETE /audiences/:id`

Delete an audience by `id`. This also removes the contacts belonging to it.

**Node.js**

```js
import { SendDart } from 'senddart';

const mb = new SendDart('mb_xxxxxxxxx');

const { data, error } = await mb.audiences.remove('AUDIENCE_ID');
console.log({ data, error });
```

**Ruby**

```ruby
require "senddart"

SendDart.api_key = "mb_xxxxxxxxx"

SendDart::Audiences.delete("AUDIENCE_ID")
```

**PHP**

```php
<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use SendDart\SendDart;

$senddart = SendDart::client('mb_xxxxxxxxx');

$senddart->audiences->remove('AUDIENCE_ID');
```

**Python**

```python
import senddart

senddart.api_key = "mb_xxxxxxxxx"

senddart.Audiences.remove("AUDIENCE_ID")
```

**Go**

```go
import "github.com/shekhu10/senddart-sdks/senddart-go"

client := senddart.NewClient("mb_xxxxxxxxx")

removed, err := client.Audiences.Remove("AUDIENCE_ID")
```

**Rust**

```rust
use senddart::SendDart;

let mb = SendDart::new("mb_xxxxxxxxx");

let _removed = mb.audiences.remove("AUDIENCE_ID").await?;
```

**Java**

```java
import com.senddart.SendDart;
import com.senddart.SendDartResponse;

SendDart senddart = new SendDart("mb_xxxxxxxxx");

SendDartResponse response = senddart.audiences().remove("AUDIENCE_ID");
```

**.NET**

```csharp
using SendDart;

ISendDart senddart = SendDartClient.Create("mb_xxxxxxxxx");

var resp = await senddart.AudienceDeleteAsync("AUDIENCE_ID");
```

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X DELETE 'https://www.senddart.com/api/audiences/AUDIENCE_ID' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer mb_xxxxxxxxx'
```

**CLI**

```bash
senddart audiences delete AUDIENCE_ID
```

**Response (200)**

```json
{
  "object": "audience",
  "id": "78261eea-8f8b-4381-83c6-79fa7120f1cf",
  "deleted": true
}
```

> **Warning:** Deletion is blocked while a campaign still references the audience — you get `422 validation_error` asking you to delete the campaign(s) first. An unknown id returns `404 not_found`.