# `bird email inbound-addresses delete`

## Usage

```bash
bird email inbound-addresses delete <inbound-address-id> [flags]
```

## Description

Delete an inbound address. Mail forwarded to it afterward is no longer received.

This is destructive and cannot be undone; pass --yes to confirm.

## Examples

```bash
bird email inbound-addresses delete <id> --yes
```

## Options

#### Safety

| Name                | Description                                                    |
| ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `--idempotency-key` | Deduplication key; a retry with the same key won't act twice   |
| `--yes`             | Confirm a destructive action (required; the CLI never prompts) |

## Related

| Name                                                                                        | Description               |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- |
| [`bird email inbound-addresses create`](/docs/cli/reference/email-inbound-addresses-create) | Create an inbound address |
| [`bird email inbound-addresses get`](/docs/cli/reference/email-inbound-addresses-get)       | Get an inbound address    |
| [`bird email inbound-addresses list`](/docs/cli/reference/email-inbound-addresses-list)     | List inbound addresses    |
| [`bird email inbound-addresses update`](/docs/cli/reference/email-inbound-addresses-update) | Update an inbound address |