curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/accounts/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/accounts/{id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/accounts/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/accounts/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/accounts/{id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/accounts/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/accounts/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"deleted": true,
"display_name": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": "not_found",
"code": "not_found",
"type": "not_found",
"hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
"param": "expand[0]",
"required": "accounts:read",
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}{
"error": "not_found",
"code": "not_found",
"type": "not_found",
"hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
"param": "expand[0]",
"required": "accounts:read",
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}{
"error": "not_found",
"code": "not_found",
"type": "not_found",
"hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
"param": "expand[0]",
"required": "accounts:read",
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}{
"error": "account_not_deletable",
"code": "account_not_deletable",
"type": "precondition_failed",
"hint": "Account has 12 orders, 8 payments, 3 returns. Accounts with financial history cannot be deleted -- deactivate it instead (set inactive).",
"has_transactions": true,
"dependencies": {
"orders": 123,
"invoices": 123,
"payments": 123,
"returns": 123,
"vendor_bills": 123,
"ap_payments": 123,
"vendor_credits": 123,
"vendor_prepayments": 123,
"customer_deposits": 123,
"journal_lines": 123,
"inventory_transactions": 123,
"pricing_policies": 123
}
}Delete an account
Permanently deletes the account and its transaction-free children, such as contacts, addresses, and payment methods, but refuses with 409 account_not_deletable if the account is referenced by any order, payment, return, vendor bill, journal entry, inventory transaction, or pricing policy. Deactivate the account instead when it has financial history to preserve.
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/accounts/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/accounts/{id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/accounts/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/accounts/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/accounts/{id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/accounts/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/accounts/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"deleted": true,
"display_name": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": "not_found",
"code": "not_found",
"type": "not_found",
"hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
"param": "expand[0]",
"required": "accounts:read",
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}{
"error": "not_found",
"code": "not_found",
"type": "not_found",
"hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
"param": "expand[0]",
"required": "accounts:read",
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}{
"error": "not_found",
"code": "not_found",
"type": "not_found",
"hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
"param": "expand[0]",
"required": "accounts:read",
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}{
"error": "account_not_deletable",
"code": "account_not_deletable",
"type": "precondition_failed",
"hint": "Account has 12 orders, 8 payments, 3 returns. Accounts with financial history cannot be deleted -- deactivate it instead (set inactive).",
"has_transactions": true,
"dependencies": {
"orders": 123,
"invoices": 123,
"payments": 123,
"returns": 123,
"vendor_bills": 123,
"ap_payments": 123,
"vendor_credits": 123,
"vendor_prepayments": 123,
"customer_deposits": 123,
"journal_lines": 123,
"inventory_transactions": 123,
"pricing_policies": 123
}
}Authorizations
API key issued per entity via Settings > Developers > API Keys.
Each key carries scopes (e.g. orders:read, products:write).
Bearer token format: Authorization: Bearer ark_live_ent_Test keys use ark_test_ent_. Both are issued per entity
via Settings > Developers > API Keys.
Path Parameters
Account UUID or account_number (e.g. ACCT-001, CUST-00042). Polymorphic lookup: if the value is not a UUID it is resolved to a UUID via accounts.account_number within the entity scope before the record is fetched. (NEW-GAP-API-V1-POLYMORPHIC-LOOKUP-CROSS-RESOURCE 2026-05-20)
Response
Account permanently deleted (no financial history).
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