# Bulk Delete Leads

> Delete many leads at once and stop them in every campaign.

Requires an API key with the `write` scope.

Up to 1,000 selected leads run inside the request and the job comes back `completed` (`200`). More than that is queued: the response is `202` with a `pending` job; poll [Get Job](/api-reference/jobs/get-job) until it is `completed`.

Deleting a lead is a soft delete that also cancels it in every campaign and removes its queued emails. **It cannot be undone for campaign membership**: importing the same address again restores the lead but not its place in a campaign. Run [Bulk Delete Impact](/api-reference/leads/bulk-delete-impact) first to see which running campaigns would lose leads.

## Body Parameters

<ParamField body="leadIds" type="string[]">Lead IDs, up to 50,000. Send this or `filter`, not both.</ParamField>
<ParamField body="filter" type="object">Select leads by filter instead. Keys: `search`, `status`, `tags` (comma separated; a lead must carry all of them), `provider`, `interestStatus`, `labelId`. Matches at most 50,000 leads, newest first.</ParamField>

## Response

<ResponseField name="data" type="object">
  The job. See [Get Job](/api-reference/jobs/get-job) for every field.

  <Expandable title="Job object">
    <ResponseField name="id" type="string">Job identifier.</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="type" type="string">`lead_bulk`.</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="status" type="string">`completed` when the call finished the work (200), `pending` when it was queued (202).</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="totalItems" type="integer">Leads selected.</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="result" type="object">`{ "deleted": 2 }` once the job is completed.</ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
```bash cURL
curl -X POST "https://api.foxreach.io/api/v1/leads/bulk/delete" \
  -H "X-API-Key: otr_your_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"leadIds": ["cmlead1", "cmlead2"]}'
```

```python Python SDK
from foxreach import FoxReach

client = FoxReach(api_key="otr_your_key")
job = client.leads.bulk_delete(lead_ids=["cmlead1", "cmlead2"])
```

```typescript TypeScript SDK
import { FoxReach } from "foxreach";

const client = new FoxReach({ apiKey: "otr_your_key" });
const job = await client.leads.bulkDelete({ leadIds: ["cmlead1", "cmlead2"] });
```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "cmjob900",
    "type": "lead_bulk",
    "status": "completed",
    "progress": 100,
    "totalItems": 2,
    "completedItems": 2,
    "result": { "deleted": 2 },
    "error": null,
    "startedAt": "2026-11-04T09:00:00",
    "completedAt": "2026-11-04T09:00:00",
    "createdAt": "2026-11-04T09:00:00"
  }
}
```
</ResponseExample>

## Errors

| Status | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| `401` | Missing, invalid, revoked or expired API key |
| `403` | API key does not have the required scope: `write` |
| `422` | Neither or both of `leadIds` and `filter` were sent |

## Rate Limit

- **100 requests per minute, shared by every `bulk` call in your workspace.** Fixed 60-second window.
- Every response includes `X-RateLimit-Limit`, `X-RateLimit-Remaining`, `X-RateLimit-Reset` (unix epoch seconds) and `X-RateLimit-Bucket` (`bulk`).
- A `429` response includes a `Retry-After` header (seconds until the bucket resets).

For client-side patterns (`Retry-After`, exponential backoff, monitoring `X-RateLimit-Remaining`), see [Rate Limiting](/rate-limiting).