---
title: "Delete account · Chart of Accounts · COUNT Partner API"
description: "Deletes a chart-of-accounts entry by UUID. DELETE /partners/chart-of-accounts/{uuid}"
canonical: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/chart-of-accounts/delete-account"
source: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/chart-of-accounts/delete-account"
---
[Chart of Accounts](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/chart-of-accounts) / Delete account

# Delete account

DELETE `/partners/chart-of-accounts/{uuid}`

Deletes a chart-of-accounts entry by UUID.

Partner-created accounts are deletable until they have journal entries, sub-accounts, invoice products, or payroll mappings. If delete fails because of posted activity, deactivate the account with PATCH instead. Use GET with `includeDeleteMeta=true` to read `canDelete` and `deleteBlockedReason` before calling delete.

HMAC signature + Bearer access token

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

#### Path parameters

`uuid` uuid required

The account UUID to delete.

#### Responses

`200` Account deleted successfully.

`400` Account cannot be deleted due to linked activity.

`403` System or protected account. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-403)

`404` Account 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 account](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/chart-of-accounts/update-account) [Next POST Bulk create accounts](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/chart-of-accounts/bulk-create-accounts)

DELETE `https://api.getcount.com/partners/chart-of-accounts/{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 = '/chart-of-accounts/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/chart-of-accounts/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());
```