---
title: "Delete a customer · Customers · COUNT Partner API"
description: "Soft-deletes a customer (sets its status to inactive). DELETE /partners/customers/{uuid}"
canonical: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/customers/delete-customer"
source: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/customers/delete-customer"
---
[Customers](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/customers) / Delete a customer

# Delete a customer

DELETE `/partners/customers/{uuid}`

Soft-deletes a customer (sets its status to inactive).

Returns 204 No Content on success with an empty body. A customer cannot be deleted if it is linked to an invoice, project, or transaction, or if it is a firm-managed customer.

HMAC signature + Bearer access token

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

[Invoices API](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/invoices) [Projects API](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/projects) [Recurring Invoice Templates API](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/recurring-invoice-templates)

#### Path parameters

`uuid` uuid required

The customer UUID to delete.

#### Responses

`204` Customer deleted successfully. No response body.

`400` Customer is linked to an invoice, project, or transaction, or is firm-managed.

`404` Customer 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 Bulk update customers](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/customers/bulk-update-customers) [Next GET List customer contacts](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/customers/list-customer-contacts)

DELETE `https://api.getcount.com/partners/customers/{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 = '/customers/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/customers/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());
```