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# Delete a child organization bank account

DELETE https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/organizations/children/{child_id}/payment-methods/{payment_method_id}

Remove a bank account from a child organization. Refused while the account is the default for an automatic payment or set as a backup method: set another account as the default first. A removed account keeps its id and is returned by the get call with status REMOVED.

 **Token scopes**: `organizations:write`

 **Beta**: this version requires the `X-Beta: true` request header and its contract may change before it is promoted to stable. It is scheduled to become stable on 2027-02-12.

Reference: https://developer.deel.com/api/reference/endpoints/organizations/delete-child-organization-payment-method-v-2026-11-12

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — ## Authentication The Deel API uses bearer tokens to authenticate requests. All API calls must be made over HTTPS — calls over plain HTTP or without authentication will fail. ```curl curl -X GET 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-TOKEN-HERE' ``` [Learn more about authentication](/api/authentication)
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Standard OAuth2 security scheme based on https://swagger.io/docs/specification/authentication/

## Servers

- `https://api.letsdeel.com/rest` (Production, default)
- `https://api-staging.letsdeel.com/rest` (Demo)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `child_id` (string, required) — Public id of the child organization, as returned in the id field of the create child organization response. It must be a direct child organization of the authenticated organization; any other id answers 403, an unknown id 404.
- `payment_method_id` (integer, required) — Id of the payment method, as returned when it was added. It must belong to the child organization; any other id answers 404.

### Headers

- `X-Beta` (enum, required, default: true) — Opts in to the beta version of this endpoint. Must be `true`.
  - Allowed values: `true`

## Response

### 204

The bank account was removed. Repeating the call answers 404.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Operation failed.

- `request` (ApiErrorRequest, optional)
- `errors` (list of ApiError, optional)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized. The request token is missing or invalid.

- `errors` (list of OrganizationsChildrenChildIdPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodIdDeleteResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItems, required)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden. The child organization is not a direct child of the caller, the feature is not enabled for the caller, or the token carries no person. Nothing is written.

- `errors` (list of OrganizationsChildrenChildIdPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodIdDeleteResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItems, required)

### 404 Not Found Error

Not found. No organization has the given child_id, or the child organization has no active ACH method with that id (already removed included). Nothing is written.

- `errors` (list of OrganizationsChildrenChildIdPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodIdDeleteResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItems, required)

### 409 Conflict Error

Conflict. The account cannot be removed right now; details.reason is USED_IN_AUTOMATIC_PAYMENT or USED_AS_BACKUP. Nothing is written.

- `errors` (list of OrganizationsChildrenChildIdPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodIdDeleteResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItems, required)

### 500 Internal Server Error

An unexpected error occurred, for example the bank-account provider could not be reached. Nothing is written; retry the call.

- `errors` (list of OrganizationsChildrenChildIdPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodIdDeleteResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItems, required)

## Types

### ApiErrorRequest

- `method` (string, optional) — The HTTP method of the failed request
- `url` (string, optional) — The relative URL of the failed request
- `status` (double, optional) — The status code of the response
- `api_req_id` (string, optional) — The request ID of the failed request
- `docs` (string, optional) — A link to the official documentation for the requested endpoint resource
- `source` (string, optional) — The source handler which produced the returned error
- `code` (double, optional) — The code of the source handler which produced the returned error

### ApiError

- `message` (string, optional) — A description of the returned error
- `path` (string, optional) — The JSON path where input validation failed

### OrganizationsChildrenChildIdPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodIdDeleteResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItems

- `code` (enum, required) — Machine-readable error code.
  - Allowed values: `GENERIC_ERROR`
- `message` (string, required) — Human-readable explanation of the error.
- `details` (OrganizationsChildrenChildIdPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodIdDeleteResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItemsDetails, optional) — Extra context for the code, when any: the ineligibility, rate-limit or not-deletable reason.

### OrganizationsChildrenChildIdPaymentMethodsPaymentMethodIdDeleteResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItemsDetails

Extra context for the code, when any: the ineligibility, rate-limit or not-deletable reason.

- `reason` (string, optional) — Why the request was refused, for the NOT_ELIGIBLE, INVALID_BANK_ACCOUNT, RATE_LIMITED and NOT_DELETABLE codes.
- `attempts_remaining` (string, optional) — Micro-deposit attempts left, for the INVALID_AMOUNTS code.

## Examples

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/organizations/children/8f1d2e3a-4b5f-4a2c-9c4e-1c0e6f1c4a52/payment-methods/635390"

headers = {
    "X-Beta": "true",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
}

response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/organizations/children/8f1d2e3a-4b5f-4a2c-9c4e-1c0e6f1c4a52/payment-methods/635390';
const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {'X-Beta': 'true', Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/organizations/children/8f1d2e3a-4b5f-4a2c-9c4e-1c0e6f1c4a52/payment-methods/635390"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("X-Beta", "true")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/organizations/children/8f1d2e3a-4b5f-4a2c-9c4e-1c0e6f1c4a52/payment-methods/635390")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["X-Beta"] = 'true'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/organizations/children/8f1d2e3a-4b5f-4a2c-9c4e-1c0e6f1c4a52/payment-methods/635390")
  .header("X-Beta", "true")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/organizations/children/8f1d2e3a-4b5f-4a2c-9c4e-1c0e6f1c4a52/payment-methods/635390', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'X-Beta' => 'true',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/organizations/children/8f1d2e3a-4b5f-4a2c-9c4e-1c0e6f1c4a52/payment-methods/635390");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("X-Beta", "true");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "X-Beta": "true",
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/organizations/children/8f1d2e3a-4b5f-4a2c-9c4e-1c0e6f1c4a52/payment-methods/635390")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```