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Delete a WhatsApp group

DELETE
/v1/whatsapp/groups/{group_id}
const group = await bird.whatsapp.groups.delete("wag_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg");
console.log(group.last_operation?.status); // pending until WhatsApp confirms it
Antwort202
{
  "id": "wag_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
  "whatsapp_number_id": "wan_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
  "waba": "102290129340398",
  "subject": "New Purchase Inquiry",
  "description": "Jim would like to learn about new car purchase options for current year models.",
  "status": "active",
  "join_approval_mode": "auto_approve",
  "invite_link": "https://chat.whatsapp.com/JZm4S9tCkQx2LpVr7Ny8Ab",
  "participants": [
    {
      "bsuid": "US.1566655121691972",
      "phone_number": "+16505551234",
      "username": "john.doe",
      "last_operation": {
        "type": "settings_update",
        "status": "pending",
        "requested_at": "2026-08-27T14:02:11Z",
        "settled_at": "2026-08-27T14:02:14Z",
        "results": [
          {
            "field": "subject",
            "applied": false,
            "error": {
              "description": "Group subject contains content that cannot be used.",
              "meta_error_code": "2388024"
            }
          }
        ],
        "last_error": {
          "description": "Group subject contains content that cannot be used.",
          "meta_error_code": "2388024"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "participant_count": 6,
  "pinned_messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "wam_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "pinned_until": "2026-09-01T09:14:52Z"
    }
  ],
  "profile_picture_url": "https://media.example.com/whatsapp/groups/JZm4S9tCkQx2.jpg",
  "last_operation": {
    "type": "settings_update",
    "status": "pending",
    "requested_at": "2026-08-27T14:02:11Z",
    "settled_at": "2026-08-27T14:02:14Z",
    "results": [
      {
        "field": "subject",
        "applied": false,
        "error": {
          "description": "Group subject contains content that cannot be used.",
          "meta_error_code": "2388024"
        }
      }
    ],
    "last_error": {
      "description": "Group subject contains content that cannot be used.",
      "meta_error_code": "2388024"
    }
  },
  "suspended_at": "2026-08-20T11:04:00Z",
  "created_at": "2026-05-20T09:14:52Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-25T16:42:01Z"
}

Deletes the group at WhatsApp. Every participant loses access, your business included, and the invite link stops working. This cannot be undone. To run the conversation again, create a new group and send its link.

The 202 response is the accepted deletion. The group is readable afterwards with status deleted, so a stored reference to it still resolves rather than turning into a 404.

A failed group can be deleted too, and that one does not reach WhatsApp: the create never produced a group there, so the row is Bird's own bookkeeping and clearing it reaches no external system. It answers 202 like any other delete, and the row stays readable at deleted rather than leaving the list. Every other status refuses with a 409 WhatsAppGroupNotActive: a deleted group is already gone, a suspended one is WhatsApp's to release, and a pending one has an outcome still coming, which is why a create that never confirms is given up on and moved to failed rather than left pending.

Parameter

group_idstring

ID of the group to delete.

Antwort-Payload

id
string
erforderlich

Unique identifier for the group. Accepted by every /v1/whatsapp/groups/{group_id} operation, and as to when sending a message to the group.

whatsapp_number_id
string
erforderlich

The business number that created the group. It is the group's admin and the number every message to the group is sent from. Fixed when the group is created.

waba
nullable string
erforderlich

Meta's identifier for the WhatsApp Business Account recorded when the group was created. This is a historical snapshot, not a live account directory projection. Null for a number we operate on your behalf, whose account is not yours to see.

subject
string
erforderlich

The group's name, shown to participants and to anyone who opens the invite link.

description
nullable string

The group's description, shown alongside the subject. Null when the group has none.

status
string
erforderlich

Where the group stands. A group is messageable only while it is active.

join_approval_mode
string
erforderlich

Whether opening the invite link joins the group outright or raises a join request to approve.

invite_link
nullable string

The link that lets someone join the group, which is the only way in. A group has one link at a time. Null while the group is pending, since WhatsApp issues the link when it confirms the group. Rotating it through POST /v1/whatsapp/groups/{group_id}/invite-link/rotate replaces it, and every link the group had before then stops working.

participants
array of object

Who is in the group, as of the last update WhatsApp sent, and the whole set rather than a page: WhatsApp holds a group to a handful of people, so there is never a page's worth to return. The business number that created the group is its admin and is not listed.

Untergeordnete Attribute anzeigen
participant_count
integer
erforderlich

How many people are in the group, excluding your business.

pinned_messages
array of object

The group's pins, newest first. WhatsApp holds a few at once, and pinning past that unpins the oldest rather than refusing. No entry here is merely requested. An entry stays listed until it is unpinned, so one whose pinned_until has passed is still listed after WhatsApp has taken it off the chat.

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profile_picture_url
nullable string

Address of the group's picture, as WhatsApp serves it. Null when the group has none.

last_operation
object

The last create, settings change or delete asked of the group. pending while WhatsApp has yet to confirm it, which is what a client shows as in-progress and what refuses the next change to the group. A settings change carries per-field results, since WhatsApp can refuse one field and apply the others. A removal reports on the participant's own entry rather than here, so several can be in flight at once. Pinning is synchronous and reports nothing.

Untergeordnete Attribute anzeigen
last_operation.type
string
erforderlich

What was asked.

last_operation.status
string
erforderlich

Where it got to. pending is what a client shows as in-progress, and what refuses the next change.

last_operation.requested_at
string
erforderlich

When Bird accepted the request.

last_operation.settled_at
nullable string

When WhatsApp reported the outcome. Null while pending.

last_operation.results
array of object

Per-field outcomes, on a settings_update that has settled. One entry per field the update carried, so a client can put a refusal next to the input it came from. Absent on every other operation type, which change one thing and report it on status.

Untergeordnete Attribute anzeigen
last_operation.last_error
object

Why the operation failed as a whole. Present when status is failed, including when the confirmation never arrived and Bird gave up waiting. A settings_update that failed on some fields and not others carries the per-field detail in results.

Untergeordnete Attribute anzeigen
last_operation.last_error.description
string
erforderlich

WhatsApp's own explanation of the refusal, passed through. Show it to the person who asked for the change; never match on its text. Carries Bird's own words instead when the failure was Bird's verdict, such as a confirmation that never arrived.

last_operation.last_error.meta_error_code
nullable string

WhatsApp's most specific code for the refusal: its error subcode where it sent one, otherwise its top-level code. Treat it as an opaque string. Null when the failure was Bird's own verdict rather than a WhatsApp refusal.

suspended_at
string

When WhatsApp suspended the group. Present only while the group is suspended, and gone once WhatsApp lifts the suspension.

created_at
string
erforderlich
updated_at
string
erforderlich

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