---
name: "newsletters_remove_subscriber"
area: "newsletters"
title: "Remove a subscriber"
price: "free"
method: "POST"
url: "https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/newsletters_remove_subscriber"
mcp_server: "https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/newsletters"
auth: "Authorization: Bearer <conecto_sk_ key>"
docs_url: "https://conecto.chat/tools/newsletters/newsletters_remove_subscriber"
---

# Remove a subscriber (`newsletters_remove_subscriber`)

Deletes someone from a newsletter for good, with their history.

Delete someone from a newsletter for good, with their history (for example when they ask to be forgotten). To only stop their issues, they unsubscribe themselves.

Price: Free. A call that fails costs nothing.

## Use it when

A person asks to be forgotten. People who only want no more issues unsubscribe themselves.

## Say this to your agent

> Paul Hoffmann wants his data deleted. Take him off the newsletter for good.

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Description | Allowed values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `newsletter` | string | yes | The newsletter's slug (from newsletters_list) or its exact name. 1 to 120 characters. |  |  |
| `email` | string | yes | Up to 254 characters. |  |  |

## Example

Written for Halverson Cycle & Repair, a bike shop with a repair workshop in Portland, Oregon.

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

```json
{
  "newsletter": "halverson-ride-notes",
  "email": "paul.hoffmann@example.com"
}
```

REST:

```bash
curl https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/newsletters_remove_subscriber \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONECTO_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"newsletter": "halverson-ride-notes", "email": "paul.hoffmann@example.com"}'
```

## Response

```json
{
  "call_id": "5f0c8a2e-3b7d-4c1e-9a64-2d8e1f7b0c93",
  "tool": "newsletters_remove_subscriber",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "replayed": false,
  "cost_usd": "$0.00",
  "balance_usd": "$19.75",
  "result": {
    "removed": "paul.hoffmann@example.com"
  }
}
```

`result`: removed: the address.

## Errors

| Code | Status | When | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| `not_found` | 404 | No newsletter of the business has that slug or name. | Call newsletters_list and use a slug from it. |
| `not_found` | 404 | The address is not on this newsletter. | Check the address with newsletters_subscribers. |

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

## Related

- [newsletters_connect_service](https://conecto.chat/tools/newsletters/newsletters_connect_service.md): Connects the business's own email service (Brevo, Amazon SES, Mailgun or any SMTP server), which every newsletter email goes out through. Free.
- [newsletters_remove_service](https://conecto.chat/tools/newsletters/newsletters_remove_service.md): Disconnects the business's email service and forgets its password; newsletters wait until one is connected again. Free.
- [newsletters_create](https://conecto.chat/tools/newsletters/newsletters_create.md): Creates a newsletter people join on its own page by confirming their address, sent through the business's own email service. Free.
- [newsletters_update](https://conecto.chat/tools/newsletters/newsletters_update.md): Renames a newsletter or changes its description, postal address or archive. Free.
- [newsletters_list](https://conecto.chat/tools/newsletters/newsletters_list.md): The business's newsletters with their pages and subscriber counts, and the email service they go out through. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [newsletters_invite](https://conecto.chat/tools/newsletters/newsletters_invite.md): Emails each person a request to confirm a subscription; only those who confirm ever get an issue. Free.
- [newsletters_subscribers](https://conecto.chat/tools/newsletters/newsletters_subscribers.md): Who is on a newsletter, newest first: confirmed, waiting to confirm, unsubscribed, bounced or complained. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [newsletters_write_issue](https://conecto.chat/tools/newsletters/newsletters_write_issue.md): Writes a draft issue in Markdown, to test and then send. Free.
- [newsletters_update_issue](https://conecto.chat/tools/newsletters/newsletters_update_issue.md): Changes a draft issue's subject, body or preheader. Free.
- [newsletters_send_test](https://conecto.chat/tools/newsletters/newsletters_send_test.md): Emails an issue to up to 5 addresses as subscribers will see it, marked [Test]. Free.
- [newsletters_send_issue](https://conecto.chat/tools/newsletters/newsletters_send_issue.md): Sends a draft to everyone who confirmed, now or at a set time, through the business's own email service. Free.
- [newsletters_cancel_issue](https://conecto.chat/tools/newsletters/newsletters_cancel_issue.md): Stops a scheduled issue, or one still going out; what went out already stays sent. Free.
- [newsletters_get_issue](https://conecto.chat/tools/newsletters/newsletters_get_issue.md): One issue: its text, where it stands, and once sent how many it reached, bounced, unsubscribed and clicked, link by link. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [newsletters_list_issues](https://conecto.chat/tools/newsletters/newsletters_list_issues.md): A newsletter's issues, newest first, optionally of one status. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.