---
name: "esign_delete_template"
area: "esign"
title: "Delete a template"
price: "free"
method: "POST"
url: "https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/esign_delete_template"
mcp_server: "https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/esign"
auth: "Authorization: Bearer <conecto_sk_ key>"
docs_url: "https://conecto.chat/tools/esign/esign_delete_template"
---

# Delete a template (`esign_delete_template`)

Deletes a saved template; requests already sent from it stay as they are.

Delete a saved template. Requests already sent from it are not touched.

Price: Free. A call that fails costs nothing.

## Use it when

A template is outdated or replaced.

## Say this to your agent

> We don't use the 2025 waiver any more. Remove it.

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Description | Allowed values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `template` | string | yes | The template's name, like service-agreement. 2 to 60 characters, matches ^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9]$. |  |  |

## Example

Written for Hansen & Voss, a restaurant-equipment wholesaler in Hamburg with 60 staff.

MCP: call `esign_delete_template` on the MCP server `https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/esign` with these arguments:

```json
{
  "template": "trade-account-agreement"
}
```

REST:

```bash
curl https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/esign_delete_template \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONECTO_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"template": "trade-account-agreement"}'
```

## Response

```json
{
  "call_id": "5f0c8a2e-3b7d-4c1e-9a64-2d8e1f7b0c93",
  "tool": "esign_delete_template",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "replayed": false,
  "cost_usd": "$0.00",
  "balance_usd": "$19.75",
  "result": {
    "deleted": "trade-account-agreement"
  }
}
```

`result`: deleted: the template's name.

## Errors

| Code | Status | When | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| `not_found` | 404 | No template has that name. | Call esign_list_templates for the names. |

The refusals every tool can give (401 key, 402 balance, 429 limits) are on the errors page: https://conecto.chat/docs/errors.md

## Related

- [esign_send](https://conecto.chat/tools/esign/esign_send.md): Sends a PDF from the file store to up to 10 people to sign; each gets their own link by email. $0.50 a call.
- [esign_save_template](https://conecto.chat/tools/esign/esign_save_template.md): Saves a PDF once with its signature fields placed per signer role, to send again and again. $0.001 a call.
- [esign_send_template](https://conecto.chat/tools/esign/esign_send_template.md): Sends a saved template to new signers, one per role: one request, or up to 50 at once. $0.50 per request sent.
- [esign_list_templates](https://conecto.chat/tools/esign/esign_list_templates.md): The saved templates, with their roles and fields. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [esign_get](https://conecto.chat/tools/esign/esign_get.md): Where a signature request stands: each signer's status, and the signed PDF once everyone signed. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [esign_list](https://conecto.chat/tools/esign/esign_list.md): Signature requests, newest first, optionally of one status. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [esign_signing_link](https://conecto.chat/tools/esign/esign_signing_link.md): One signer's signing link, to hand over yourself. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [esign_remind](https://conecto.chat/tools/esign/esign_remind.md): Emails everyone who still has to sign a reminder with their link, at most once a day. $0.02 a call.
- [esign_cancel](https://conecto.chat/tools/esign/esign_cancel.md): Stops a request before everyone has signed; signers are told and their links stop working. Free.