---
title: "Delete expense receipt · Expense Receipts · COUNT Partner API"
description: "Deletes an unmatched expense receipt. DELETE /partners/expense-receipts/{uuid}"
canonical: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/expense-receipts/delete-expense-receipt"
source: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/expense-receipts/delete-expense-receipt"
---
[Expense Receipts](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/expense-receipts) / Delete expense receipt

# Delete expense receipt

DELETE `/partners/expense-receipts/{uuid}`

Deletes an unmatched expense receipt.

HMAC signature + Bearer access token

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

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#### Path parameters

`uuid` uuid required

Expense receipt UUID to delete.

#### Responses

`200` Expense receipt deleted.

`400` Receipt is already matched.

`404` Expense receipt 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 expense receipt](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/expense-receipts/update-expense-receipt) [Next POST Match expense receipt manually](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/expense-receipts/match-expense-receipt-manually)

DELETE `https://api.getcount.com/partners/expense-receipts/{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 = '/expense-receipts/44556677-8899-aabb-ccdd-eeff00112233';
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/expense-receipts/44556677-8899-aabb-ccdd-eeff00112233`, {
  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": "Success on deleting pending receipt",
  "data": {
    "result": {
      "deleted": true
    }
  }
}
```