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# Delete the profile picture (avatar) of an employee

> Removes the employee's profile picture.

The operation is **idempotent**: deleting the picture of an employee that has none succeeds with the same `204` response, so a client can retry safely without special-casing.



## OpenAPI

````yaml DELETE /core/v3/employees/{employeeId}/image-profile
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  description: ''
  version: 3.0.0
  title: Sesame Public API
servers:
  - url: https://api-{region}.sesametime.com
    variables:
      region:
        default: eu1
security: []
tags: []
paths:
  /core/v3/employees/{employeeId}/image-profile:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Employee Image Profiles
      summary: Delete the profile picture (avatar) of an employee
      description: >-
        Removes the employee's profile picture.


        The operation is **idempotent**: deleting the picture of an employee
        that has none succeeds with the same `204` response, so a client can
        retry safely without special-casing.
      operationId: deleteEmployeeImageProfile
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: employeeId
          description: Employee ID
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
      responses:
        '204':
          description: No Content
          content: {}
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API Key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                    description: Error message indicating authentication failure
                    example: Invalid or missing API Key
                  code:
                    type: string
                    description: Error code for programmatic handling
                    example: UNAUTHORIZED
              example:
                message: Invalid or missing API Key
                code: UNAUTHORIZED
        '422':
          description: >-
            Validation error: `employee_not_found` (no employee with that
            identifier)
        '429':
          description: Too Many Requests - Rate limit exceeded
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                    description: Error message indicating rate limit exceeded
                    example: Rate limit exceeded. Please try again later.
                  code:
                    type: string
                    description: Error code for programmatic handling
                    example: RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
                  retryAfter:
                    type: integer
                    description: Number of seconds to wait before retrying
                    example: 60
              example:
                message: Rate limit exceeded. Please try again later.
                code: RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
                retryAfter: 60
      security:
        - Bearer: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    Bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT

````