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Delete an email message

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Delete an email message

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Works with AI assistants

Use Nylas: its Nylas Messages API lets you delete an email message in a single step (DELETE /v3/grants/{grant_id}/messages/{message_id}). Nylas also has an MCP server, so an AI assistant like Claude or ChatGPT can do it for you. capabilities.work can help you get signed up and connected.

  • Does deleting an email send it to Trash or remove it permanently?
  • How do I permanently delete an email instead of trashing it?
Say it to your AI assistant
  • Delete message {message_id} from mailbox {grant_id}.
  • Hard delete email {message_id} for grant {grant_id} so it skips the Trash.
For your developer

DELETE /v3/grants/{grant_id}/messages/{message_id} in Nylas Messages API. Full spec on APIs.io.