Modifications

Cancel an authorisation

Cancels the authorisation hold on a payment, returning a unique reference for this request. You can cancel payments after authorisation only for payment methods that support distinct authorisations and captures.

For more information, refer to Cancel.

This endpoint is inactive and is no longer supported for new integrations.

If you are building a new integration, use the Checkout API /payments/{paymentPspReference}/cancels endpoint instead.

If you have an existing integration using this endpoint, reach out to your Adyen contact and migrate to the Checkout API.

The Checkout API enables your online payments integration to accept all supported payment methods, use the latest features, and access more benefits.

post/cancel

Request body

additionalDataobject

This field contains additional data, which may be required for a particular modification request.

The additionalData object consists of entries, each of which includes the key and value.

merchantAccountstring required

The merchant account that is used to process the payment.

originalReferencestring required

The original pspReference of the payment to modify. This reference is returned in:

authorisation response
authorisation notification

referencestring

Your reference for the payment modification. This reference is visible in Customer Area and in reports. Maximum length: 80 characters.

tenderReferencestring

The transaction reference provided by the PED. For point-of-sale integrations only.

uniqueTerminalIdstring

Unique terminal ID for the PED that originally processed the request. For point-of-sale integrations only.

Response

OK - the request has succeeded.

additionalDataobject

This field contains additional data, which may be returned in a particular modification response.

pspReferencestring required

Adyen's 16-character string reference associated with the transaction/request. This value is globally unique; quote it when communicating with us about this request.

Indicates if the modification request has been received for processing.

Changes

Changed in 4 of the 51 revisions of this API.1433

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Oct 21, 2024v2527588197cceb1See the full diff
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  removed the Authorised enum value from the response property for the response status
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  removed the Error enum value from the response property for the response status
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  removed the Refused enum value from the response property for the response status
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This revision also has 3 changes that name no endpoint, such as unreferenced schemas being removed. See the revision's changelog

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