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title: POST /contacts/v1/operations/delete/{operationID}/retry
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---
# POST /contacts/v1/operations/delete/{operationID}/retry

## Overview

Retry failed contact delete operation.

### URL Parameters

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| Name            | Type   |     | Description |
| --------------- | ------ | --- | ----------- |
| **operationID** | string |     | undefined   |

### Responses

| Status  | Name                    | Type    | Description                                                                                                                  |
| ------- | ----------------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **200** | &nbsp;                  | &nbsp;  | **Retry delete operation response.**                                                                                         |
| &nbsp;  | operationID             | integer | Operation ID for the retried request.                                                                                        |
| &nbsp;  | operationRestarted      | boolean | Indicates whether the request restarted.                                                                                     |
| &nbsp;  | requestServiceMessageID | guid    | Service message ID for the request.                                                                                          |
| &nbsp;  | responseDateTime        | integer | The date and time of the retry response is in GMT time.                                                                      |
| &nbsp;  | resultMessages          | array   | Messages about the request, like resulttype and resultcode. If the request results in errors, those details are listed here. |
| &nbsp;  | serviceMessageID        | guid    | Service message ID for the response.                                                                                         |

## Usage

**Example Request**

```js
Host: https://YOUR_SUBDOMAIN.rest.marketingcloudapis.com
POST /contacts/v1/operations/delete/10315/retry
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN
```

**Example Response**

```js
{
    "operationID": 10315,
    "operationRestarted": true,
    "requestServiceMessageID": "fb8daeca-deea-4009-bb4a-2c8b5251c2a6",
    "responseDateTime": "2018-06-05T10:03:09.5032301-06:00",
    "resultMessages": [],
    "serviceMessageID": "77f33340-84a1-46d2-af5c-8195156f89b9"
}
```