> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.mailtrap.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.mailtrap.io/developers/email-marketing/email-campaigns/reset-an-email-campaign-to-draft.md).

# Reset an email campaign to draft

Resets a campaign back to the `draft` state. Allowed only from the `scheduled` state; resetting from any other state (e.g. a sending or terminal state) returns `422`.

```json
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The public API is rate limited to 150 requests per 10 seconds per\nAPI token. Retry after the window resets (see the `x-ratelimit-reset` header).","headers":{},"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/RateLimitedResponse"}}}}},"schemas":{"EmailCampaign":{"type":"object","properties":{"id":{"type":"integer","format":"int64"},"domain_id":{"type":"integer","format":"int64","description":"ID of the sending domain used for the campaign, as returned by the Sending Domains endpoints."},"domain_name":{"type":"string"},"name":{"type":"string"},"from_local_part":{"type":"string"},"from_display_name":{"type":"string"},"reply_to":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ReplyTo"},"current_state":{"type":"string","description":"Current state of the campaign in its lifecycle.","enum":["draft","scheduled","started","queued","paused","terminating","under_review","finished","failed","failed_immediately"]},"current_state_metadata":{"type":"object","description":"Metadata about the most recent state transition. Which keys are present depends on the state.","properties":{"reason":{"type":"string"},"error":{"type":"string","description":"Last error message recorded for a failed campaign."},"errors":{"type":"array","description":"Per-recipient errors recorded when sending failed.","items":{"type":"object","properties":{"message":{"type":"string"},"rcpt_index":{"type":"integer"}}}},"scheduled_at":{"type":"string","format":"date-time","description":"When the campaign is scheduled to send (ISO 8601). Present in the `scheduled` state."}}},"created_at":{"type":"string","format":"date-time"},"updated_at":{"type":"string","format":"date-time"},"last_started_at":{"type":["string","null"],"format":"date-time"},"last_started_at_date":{"type":"string","format":"date","description":"Date the campaign was last started. Present only when the campaign has been started."},"recipient_total_count":{"type":["integer","null"],"description":"Total number of recipients targeted by the campaign. `null` until the audience is resolved."},"contact_list_ids":{"type":"array","description":"IDs of the contact lists included in the campaign's audience.","items":{"type":"integer","format":"int64"}},"contact_segment_ids":{"type":"array","description":"IDs of the contact segments included in the campaign's audience.","items":{"type":"integer","format":"int64"}},"delivery_mode":{"type":"string","description":"How the campaign is delivered. `rapid` sends as fast as possible; `gradual` throttles\nsending to `delivery_options.emails_per_hour`.","enum":["rapid","gradual"]},"delivery_options":{"type":"object","description":"Delivery throttling options. Applies when `delivery_mode` is `gradual`.","properties":{"emails_per_hour":{"type":["integer","null"]}}},"template":{"type":"object","description":"The campaign's template. `body_html` and `body_text` are returned only on\nsingle-campaign responses (create, update, get-by-ID); the list endpoint omits them to\nkeep the payload small.","properties":{"id":{"type":"integer","format":"int64"},"subject":{"type":"string"},"merge_tags":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"string"}},"body_html":{"type":["string","null"],"description":"HTML body (the design). Returned only on single-campaign responses."},"body_text":{"type":["string","null"],"description":"Plain-text body. Returned only on single-campaign responses."}}}}},"ReplyTo":{"type":"object","description":"Reply-To address parts.","properties":{"display_name":{"type":"string"},"local_part":{"type":"string"},"domain":{"type":"string"}}},"UnauthenticatedResponse":{"type":"object","properties":{"error":{"type":"string"}}},"PermissionDeniedResponse":{"type":"object","properties":{"errors":{"type":"string"}}},"NotFoundResponse":{"type":"object","properties":{"error":{"type":"string"}}},"ActionValidationErrorResponse":{"type":"object","description":"Validation error returned by the lifecycle action endpoints. `errors` is either a single\nmessage (an invalid state transition or an invalid `datetime`) or a list of messages\n(sending-validation failures).","properties":{"errors":{"oneOf":[{"type":"string"},{"type":"array","items":{"type":"string"}}]}}},"RateLimitedResponse":{"type":"object","properties":{"error":{"type":"string"}}}}},"paths":{"/api/email_campaigns/{email_campaign_id}/reset":{"post":{"operationId":"resetEmailCampaign","summary":"Reset an email campaign to draft","description":"Resets a campaign back to the `draft` state. 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```


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