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title: Update account Email Sending suppression
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# Update account Email Sending suppression

PATCH/accounts/{account\_id}/email/sending/suppressions/{suppression\_id}

Updates expiry or advisory note fields without changing legacy internal zone memberships.

##### Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. [Create a token](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).

**Example:**`Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY`

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

**Example:**`X-Auth-Email: user@example.com`

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

**Example:**`X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194`

##### Path ParametersExpand Collapse 

account\_id: string

suppression\_id: string

formatuuid

##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse 

expires\_at: optional string

New expiry. Send `null` to make the suppression permanent; omit to leave it unchanged.

formatdate-time

note: optional string

Replacement advisory note. Send an empty string to clear it; omit to leave it unchanged.

maxLength1000

##### ReturnsExpand Collapse 

errors: array of unknown

messages: array of unknown

result: object { id, created\_at, email, 4 more } 

id: string

formatuuid

created\_at: string

formatdate-time

email: string

formatemail

expires\_at: string

formatdate-time

read\_only: boolean

Whether clients may mutate this suppression. This is determined by the server and must not be inferred from `reason`.

reason: string

note: optional string

success: boolean

### Update account Email Sending suppression

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```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/email/sending/suppressions/$SUPPRESSION_ID \
    -X PATCH \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {}
  ],
  "messages": [
    {}
  ],
  "result": {
    "id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
    "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "expires_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "read_only": true,
    "reason": "hard_bounce",
    "note": "Imported from CRM"
  },
  "success": true
}
```

##### Returns Examples

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {}
  ],
  "messages": [
    {}
  ],
  "result": {
    "id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
    "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "expires_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "read_only": true,
    "reason": "hard_bounce",
    "note": "Imported from CRM"
  },
  "success": true
}
```