WhatsApp Gateway
API referenceSessions

Delete a session

Permanently deletes a session and its stored data. Requires the `manage` capability. **Destructive and irreversible.** This removes the session row for good. If a WhatsApp number is still attached, log it out first (`POST /sessions/{session}:logout`) to unlink the device cleanly; deleting does not guarantee the device is unlinked on WhatsApp's side. **Idempotency.** Deleting a session that does not exist (or belongs to another org) returns `not_found` (404). **Errors.** `not_found` (404) — no such session in your organization. `unauthorized` (401) / `forbidden` (403) — credential / capability failures. Returns **204 No Content** on success.

DELETE
/api/v1/sessions/{session}

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer <token>

Send Authorization: Bearer <token>. The router accepts two kinds of token and tries each in turn: a frontend-minted login JWT (verified against the frontend JWKS; the person's org + role are read from it), or an api-key for a script/service (carrying a fixed set of gateway permissions). The bearerFormat: JWT label describes the person-login case.

In: header

Path Parameters

session*string

The session id — a session is one attached (or to-be-attached) WhatsApp number, scoped to your organization. A session in another organization is reported as not_found (404), never forbidden.

Response Body

application/json

curl -X DELETE "https://example.com/api/v1/sessions/sess_01HZX8K3M9"
Empty
{  "error": {    "code": "not_found",    "details": {      "property1": null,      "property2": null    },    "message": "session not found"  }}