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# Delete an email campaign

Soft-deletes an email campaign. Returns `204 No Content` on success.

Only `draft` campaigns can be deleted — deleting a campaign that is already scheduled/sending returns `422`. A campaign that has been started never returns to `draft`, so it can no longer be deleted. A `scheduled` campaign can be returned to `draft` first via the `cancel` or `reset` action endpoints.

```json
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```


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