---
title: "Delete a bill · Bills · COUNT Partner API"
description: "Soft-deletes a draft bill. DELETE /partners/bills/{uuid}"
canonical: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/bills/delete-bill"
source: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/bills/delete-bill"
---
[Bills](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/bills) / Delete a bill

# Delete a bill

DELETE `/partners/bills/{uuid}`

Soft-deletes a draft bill.

Bills with paidAmount > 0 cannot be deleted. Unassign payments first.

HMAC signature + Bearer access token

[Try this request](https://developers.getcount.com/tools/try-it?method=DELETE&path=%2Fpartners%2Fbills%2F%7Buuid%7D)

[Transactions API](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/transactions) [Vendors API](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/vendors) [Chart of Accounts API](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/chart-of-accounts)

#### Path parameters

`uuid` uuid required

The bill UUID to delete.

#### Responses

`200` Bill deleted.

`400` Bill has payments applied and cannot be deleted.

`404` Bill not found.

`401` Missing or invalid HMAC signature, expired timestamp, or invalid Bearer token. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-401)

`403` The credential does not have access to this workspace or resource. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-403)

`429` Rate limit exceeded (100 requests per minute per clientId). Retry after the Retry-After header. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-429)

[Previous PATCH Update a bill](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/bills/update-bill) [Next POST Submit a bill](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/bills/submit-bill)

DELETE `https://api.getcount.com/partners/bills/{uuid}`

Request

```javascript
import crypto from 'node:crypto';

const BASE_URL = 'https://api.getcount.com';
const CLIENT_ID = process.env.COUNT_CLIENT_ID;
const CLIENT_SECRET = process.env.COUNT_CLIENT_SECRET;
const ACCESS_TOKEN = process.env.COUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN;

const method = 'DELETE';
const signingPath = '/bills/3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6';
const timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000).toString();
const bodyString = '';

const bodyHash = '';
const baseString = `${method}:${signingPath}:${timestamp}:${bodyHash}`;
const signature = crypto.createHmac('sha256', CLIENT_SECRET).update(baseString).digest('hex');

const response = await fetch(`${BASE_URL}/partners/bills/3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6`, {
  method,
  headers: {
    'x-client-id': CLIENT_ID,
    'x-timestamp': timestamp,
    'x-signature': signature,
    Authorization: `Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}`,
  },
});

console.log(await response.json());
```

Response · 200

```json
{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Bill deleted successfully",
  "data": {
    "id": "b2c3d4e5-f6a7-8901-bcde-f23456789012",
    "isDeleted": true
  }
}
```