diff --git a/server/src/nest/common/validate-body-contracts.ts b/server/src/nest/common/validate-body-contracts.ts
index dccd22f60..5e093948f 100644
--- a/server/src/nest/common/validate-body-contracts.ts
+++ b/server/src/nest/common/validate-body-contracts.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ const MUTATION_METHODS = new Set<RequestMethod>([
   RequestMethod.POST,
   RequestMethod.PUT,
   RequestMethod.PATCH,
+  // DELETE belongs here too. It is rare for one to read a body, but the two that
+  // do are writes like any other, and leaving the method out meant their bodies
+  // reached the handler with nothing having looked at them.
+  RequestMethod.DELETE,
 ]);
 
 /**
diff --git a/server/src/nest/memories/memories.dto.ts b/server/src/nest/memories/memories.dto.ts
index 1f978ead5..d0303a19a 100644
--- a/server/src/nest/memories/memories.dto.ts
+++ b/server/src/nest/memories/memories.dto.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   immichSearchSchema,
   immichSettingsSchema,
   immichTestSchema,
+  removeTripPhotoSchema,
   setTripPhotoSharingSchema,
   synologySearchSchema,
   synologySettingsSchema,
@@ -31,4 +32,5 @@ export class SynologySearchDto extends createZodDto(synologySearchSchema) {}
 
 export class AddTripPhotosDto extends createZodDto(addTripPhotosSchema) {}
 export class SetTripPhotoSharingDto extends createZodDto(setTripPhotoSharingSchema) {}
+export class RemoveTripPhotoDto extends createZodDto(removeTripPhotoSchema) {}
 export class CreateAlbumLinkDto extends createZodDto(createAlbumLinkSchema) {}
diff --git a/server/src/nest/memories/unified.controller.ts b/server/src/nest/memories/unified.controller.ts
index 3810af95a..ce5524fcd 100644
--- a/server/src/nest/memories/unified.controller.ts
+++ b/server/src/nest/memories/unified.controller.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { Selection } from './memories.helpers';
 import { MemoriesService } from './memories.service';
 import { JwtAuthGuard } from '../auth/jwt-auth.guard';
 import { CurrentUser } from '../auth/current-user.decorator';
-import { AddTripPhotosDto, CreateAlbumLinkDto, SetTripPhotoSharingDto } from './memories.dto';
+import { AddTripPhotosDto, CreateAlbumLinkDto, RemoveTripPhotoDto, SetTripPhotoSharingDto } from './memories.dto';
 
 /**
  * /api/integrations/memories/unified — provider-agnostic trip photo + album-link
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export class UnifiedMemoriesController {
   async removePhoto(
     @CurrentUser() user: User,
     @Param('tripId') tripId: string,
-    @Body() body: Record<string, unknown>,
+    @Body() body: RemoveTripPhotoDto,
     @Res() res: Response,
   ): Promise<void> {
     const result = this.memories.removeTripPhoto(tripId, user.id, Number(body?.photo_id));
diff --git a/server/tests/unit/nest/validate-body-contracts.test.ts b/server/tests/unit/nest/validate-body-contracts.test.ts
index 96e4a7829..f17c6474e 100644
--- a/server/tests/unit/nest/validate-body-contracts.test.ts
+++ b/server/tests/unit/nest/validate-body-contracts.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * stale allow-list entries must refuse boot too (the list only ratchets down).
  */
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll, afterAll } from 'vitest';
-import { Body, Controller, Get, Post, Put } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Body, Controller, Delete, Get, Post, Put } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Test } from '@nestjs/testing';
 import type { INestApplication } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { createZodDto } from 'nestjs-zod';
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ class BadController {
   }
 }
 
+@Controller('gate-test/delete-body')
+class DeleteBodyController {
+  @Delete()
+  remove(@Body() body: Record<string, unknown>) {
+    return body;
+  }
+}
+
 @Controller('gate-test/subfield')
 class SubfieldController {
   @Post()
@@ -60,15 +68,17 @@ describe('validateBodyContracts (fail-closed boot gate)', () => {
   let goodApp: INestApplication;
   let badApp: INestApplication;
   let subfieldApp: INestApplication;
+  let deleteBodyApp: INestApplication;
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     goodApp = await buildApp([GoodController]);
     badApp = await buildApp([GoodController, BadController]);
     subfieldApp = await buildApp([SubfieldController]);
+    deleteBodyApp = await buildApp([DeleteBodyController]);
   });
 
   afterAll(async () => {
-    await Promise.all([goodApp.close(), badApp.close(), subfieldApp.close()]);
+    await Promise.all([goodApp.close(), badApp.close(), subfieldApp.close(), deleteBodyApp.close()]);
   });
 
   it('GATE-001 — passes when every mutation body is a createZodDto class', () => {
@@ -83,6 +93,10 @@ describe('validateBodyContracts (fail-closed boot gate)', () => {
     expect(() => validateBodyContracts(subfieldApp, [])).toThrow(/SubfieldController\.reorder/);
   });
 
+  it('GATE-007 — a DELETE that reads a body is held to the same contract', () => {
+    expect(() => validateBodyContracts(deleteBodyApp, [])).toThrow(/DeleteBodyController\.remove/);
+  });
+
   it('GATE-004 — an allow-listed legacy route passes', () => {
     expect(() => validateBodyContracts(badApp, ['BadController.update'])).not.toThrow();
   });
diff --git a/shared/src/memories/memories.schema.ts b/shared/src/memories/memories.schema.ts
index 0e4ca299e..b1ae1bfe7 100644
--- a/shared/src/memories/memories.schema.ts
+++ b/shared/src/memories/memories.schema.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ export const setTripPhotoSharingSchema = z.looseObject({
   shared: z.unknown().optional(),
 });
 
+/** The photo to unlink from the trip. Same shape the sharing toggle takes. */
+export const removeTripPhotoSchema = z.looseObject({
+  photo_id: looseNumber,
+});
+
 export const createAlbumLinkSchema = z.looseObject({
   provider: z.unknown().optional(),
   album_id: z.unknown().optional(),
@@ -108,4 +113,5 @@ export type SynologySearchInput = z.infer<typeof synologySearchSchema>;
 export type PhotoSelectionInput = z.infer<typeof photoSelectionSchema>;
 export type AddTripPhotosInput = z.infer<typeof addTripPhotosSchema>;
 export type SetTripPhotoSharingInput = z.infer<typeof setTripPhotoSharingSchema>;
+export type RemoveTripPhotoInput = z.infer<typeof removeTripPhotoSchema>;
 export type CreateAlbumLinkInput = z.infer<typeof createAlbumLinkSchema>;