# `bird email threads delete`

## Usage

```bash
bird email threads delete <thread-id> [flags]
```

## Description

Move a conversation and all its messages to trash (purged after 30 days), or delete permanently with --permanent.

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

## Examples

```bash
bird email threads 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) |

#### Options

| Name          | Description                                          |
| ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| `--permanent` | Permanently delete — skip the 30-day restore window. |

## Related

| Name                                                                    | Description     |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- |
| [`bird email threads get`](/docs/cli/reference/email-threads-get)       | Get a thread    |
| [`bird email threads list`](/docs/cli/reference/email-threads-list)     | List threads    |
| [`bird email threads update`](/docs/cli/reference/email-threads-update) | Update a thread |