> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tempinbox.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Delete address

> Permanently deletes the address and all its emails. Irreversible. The JWT stops working afterwards.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json delete /api/delete_address
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: TempInbox API
  description: >-
    REST API for TempInbox (tempinbox.dev) — create temporary email inboxes,
    receive mail, and automate email verification workflows. Receive-only:
    outbound sending is not supported. Rate limits apply per IP, per path;
    exceeded requests return 429.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    url: https://tempinbox.dev
servers:
  - url: https://tempinbox.dev
    description: Public instance
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /api/delete_address:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Addresses
      summary: Delete address
      description: >-
        Permanently deletes the address and all its emails. Irreversible. The
        JWT stops working afterwards.
      operationId: deleteAddress
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Deleted
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
components:
  schemas:
    SuccessResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          example: true
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: >-
        Missing or invalid JWT. JWTs are address-bound — a deleted address
        invalidates its JWT.
      content:
        text/plain:
          schema:
            type: string
    RateLimited:
      description: >-
        Per-IP, per-path rate limit exceeded. Back off exponentially; poll no
        faster than every 2–3 seconds.
      content:
        text/plain:
          schema:
            type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        Address-bound JWT. Returned by POST /api/new_address, or copy it from
        the browser (DevTools → Application → Cookies → jwt) for automation.

````