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DELETE
/
accounts
/
{id}
Delete an account (protected hard delete)
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

Authorization
string
header
required

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

id
string
required

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).

data
object