---
title: "Delete shareholders"
method: POST
path: "/deleteShareholders"
tags: ["Verification"]
---

# Delete shareholders

`POST /deleteShareholders`

Deletes shareholders associated with an account holder.

## Request body

- DeleteShareholderRequest
  - `accountHolderCode` string, required — The code of the Account Holder from which to delete the Shareholders.
  - `shareholderCodes` string[], required — The code(s) of the Shareholders to be deleted.

## Response `200`

OK - the request has succeeded.

- GenericResponse
  - `pspReference` string — The reference of a request. Can be used to uniquely identify the request.
  - `resultCode` string — The result code.
  - `submittedAsync` boolean — Indicates whether the request is processed asynchronously. Depending on the request's platform settings, the following scenarios may be applied: * **true**: The request is queued and will be executed when the providing service is available in the order in which the requests are received. * **false**: The processing of the request is immediately attempted; it may result in an error if the providing service is unavailable.

## Other responses

- `202` — Accepted - the request has been accepted for processing, but the processing has not been completed.
- `400` — Bad Request - a problem reading or understanding the request.
- `401` — Unauthorized - authentication required.
- `403` — Forbidden - insufficient permissions to process the request.
- `422` — Unprocessable Entity - a request validation error.
- `500` — Internal Server Error - the server could not process the request.

## Changes

- **2023-03-22** (v3) `a6068822877c` — 8 breaking
  - the request's body type/format changed from ``/`` to `object`/``
  - the response's body type/format changed from ``/`` to `object`/`` for status `200`
  - the response's body type/format changed from ``/`` to `object`/`` for status `202`
  - the response's body type/format changed from ``/`` to `object`/`` for status `400`
  - …4 more
- **2021-08-07** (v3) `9ca745af6f06` — 1 info
  - api tag `Verification` added
- **2021-07-09** (v3) `178852251c31` — 2 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `ApiKeyAuth` was added to the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `BasicAuth` was added to the API
- **2021-04-10** (v3) `ceb412cd780b` — 6 info
  - added the optional property `status` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `status` to the response with the `401` status
  - added the optional property `status` to the response with the `403` status
  - added the optional property `status` to the response with the `422` status
  - …2 more
- **2021-03-05** (v3) `b04b573249e2` — 5 info
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `400`
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `401`
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `403`
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `422`
  - …1 more

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/adyen/apis/accountservice/changes/deleteShareholders/post.md)

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