# `bird email mailboxes receive-rules delete`

## Usage

```bash
bird email mailboxes receive-rules delete <mailbox-id> <rule-id> [flags]
```

## Description

Remove a receive rule from a mailbox. Delete-and-recreate is how an entry's action is flipped.

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

## Examples

```bash
bird email mailboxes receive-rules delete <mailbox-id> <rule-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 mailboxes receive-rules create`](/docs/cli/reference/email-mailboxes-receive-rules-create) | Add a receive rule |
| [`bird email mailboxes receive-rules list`](/docs/cli/reference/email-mailboxes-receive-rules-list)     | List receive rules |