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# deleteMail

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Reference for SDK 0.5.x (maintenance mode). See [Status](/sdk-and-white-label/status.md).
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Deletes a specific mail. This method can only be performed by the receiver of the mail.

### Usage

```ts
const mailIndex = 1n;
const txResponse = await mail.deleteMail(mailIndex);
```

### Returns

`Promise<EthereumTransactionResponse>`

A promise that resolves to the response from the `sendTransaction` method on the `walletClient` provided by the developer on `Mail` initialization.

### Parameters

#### mailIndex

* **Type** `bigint`

The index of the mail to be deleted.