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# Delete Inbound Phone Number

> Remove an inbound number that was uploaded through your own Twilio account. See [Custom Twilio Integration](/tutorials/custom-twilio) for more information.

### Headers

**authorization** `string` *required*

Your API key for authentication.

**encrypted\_key** `string` *required*

The `encrypted_key` for the Twilio account that owns the phone number you want to delete.

Learn more about BYOT [here](https://docs.bland.ai/tutorials/custom-twilio.md).

### Path

**phone\_number** `string` *required*

The phone number you want to remove from Bland's system.

### Response

**status** `string`

Can be `success` or `error`.

**message** `string`

A message saying whether the deletion succeeded, or a helpful message describing why it failed.

```json theme={null}
{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Successfully deleted number from database: +15555555555"
}
```

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Docs for agents: [llms.txt](https://docs.bland.ai/llms.txt)


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