---
title: "archive_audience. Metadata MCP tool reference"
url: https://metadata.io/developers/tools/archive_audience
description: "Archive (delete) a custom audience from the Metadata platform. Destructive tool on the Metadata MCP server, with its full JSON Schema."
source: metadata.io
---

# archive_audience

Archive (delete) a custom audience from the Metadata platform.

Destructive [audiences](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/#cat-audiences)

## What it does

## Arguments

| Argument | Type |   | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `custom_audience_id` | integer |   | The numeric ID of the custom audience to archive. |
| `audience_name` | string |   | The name of the custom audience to archive. If provided without custom_audience_id, the tool will search for the audience by name to resolve the ID. |

## Request

**Request template, not a complete runnable example.** Replace placeholders, empty objects, arrays, and zero values with valid account-specific inputs. Read required fields and nested constraints in the full schema. Confirm the account, connected channels, and referenced assets before calling a write tool.

## Response

## Related

Other audiences tools:

- [create_audience_from_segment](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_audience_from_segment) Writes
- [create_bombora_audience](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_bombora_audience) Writes
- [create_csv_upload_linkedin_native_audience](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_csv_upload_linkedin_native_audience) Writes
- [create_facebook_native_criteria_audience](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_facebook_native_criteria_audience) Writes
- [create_firmographic_audience](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_firmographic_audience) Writes
- [create_g2_intent_dynamic_audience](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_g2_intent_dynamic_audience) Writes
- [create_g2_intent_linkedin_native_dynamic_audience](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_g2_intent_linkedin_native_dynamic_audience) Writes
- [create_g2_intent_static_audience](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_g2_intent_static_audience) Writes

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