# Delete message templates for your WhatsApp Business account

<div id="bkmrk-delete-message-templ"><div id="bkmrk-delete-message-templ-1"><div><div>## Delete message templates for your WhatsApp Business account

</div></div></div><div id="bkmrk-this-article-is-inte"><div><div><div><div><div id="bkmrk-this-article-is-inte-1"><div><div><div>![](https://support.chatarchitect.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/embedded-image-b96vbepn.webp)</div><div><div>This article is intended for businesses that use [WhatsApp Business Platform](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp).</div></div></div><div><div>![](https://support.chatarchitect.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/embedded-image-8f0udyd6.webp)</div><div><div>Explore our [help content library](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/finding-information) to find answers and troubleshoot issues.

</div></div></div><div>WhatsApp message templates allow businesses to use pre-created and pre-approved templates to send structured messages to customers who have opted in to receive notifications.

If you use a [<u>Solution Partner</u>](https://support2.chatarchitect.com/books/whatsapp-business-platform/page/create-your-whatsapp-business-account-with-whatsapp-solution-partners) to manage your account and have signed up through the Solution Partner's embedded signup flow, the pre-approved templates will be available in Meta Business Suite. These templates can't be deleted.

**Note:** If your business uses only the WhatsApp Business app, don't follow the steps in this article. Go to [<u>this article</u>](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whatsapp.com%2Fcoronavirus%2Fget-started-business&h=AT6Eu0noGMkcvkJs30gUcOj-nxsg5QTmLv3tt-O3NlKh0Lq8plBpa5wbFlJbEzje0S2HyWISflB_rzXlnwVqlujbKKpr6AHSSO0L8fU_9m1oMtTJEN9vKTT57Es0GivI4-8ek7h2Fxive0F6f5bsRA) instead.

</div><div><div>### Delete message templates

</div>To delete message templates from your WhatsApp business account:

1. Go to [Meta Business Suite](https://business.facebook.com/) and select your business portfolio.
2. Click ![](https://support.chatarchitect.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/embedded-image-aye2b4eu.png)
3. Click **WhatsApp Manager**.
4. Click the account that you want to delete the message template from.
5. Click the 3-dot icon.
6. Click **Manage message templates**.
7. Find the message template that you want to delete and click ![](https://support.chatarchitect.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/embedded-image-yqutskqb.png).
8. Click **Delete** to delete the message template permanently.

The message template is being deleted. Remember that the name of this template can't be used again for 30 days. You'll need to use a different name to create new message templates.

If a sent message isn't delivered to the customer after the template deletion, it'll attempt to be delivered for 30 days.

If a sent message is delivered 30 days after the template deletion, the business will receive the **Structure unavailable** error receipt and the customer won't receive the message.

</div><div><div>### Learn more

</div>- <div>[Create message templates for your WhatsApp Business account](/help/2055875911147364)</div>
- <div>[Edit message templates for your WhatsApp Business account](https://www.facebook.com/business/help/287011426725347)</div>
- <div>[Sample message templates for your WhatsApp Business account](https://www.facebook.com/business/help/722393685250070)</div>
- <div>[About your WhatsApp Business message template’s quality rating](https://www.facebook.com/business/help/766346674749731)</div>
- <div>[Start messaging customers on WhatsApp Business Platform](https://www.facebook.com/business/help/2640149499569241)</div>

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