---
title: "Release an orphaned Firebase account — one holding an email with no active user row — so the address can be invited again. Replaces deleting it by hand in the Firebase console (ITE-515)."
method: POST
path: "/Users/orphaned-accounts/{firebaseUid}/release"
tags: ["Users"]
---

# Release an orphaned Firebase account — one holding an email with no active user row — so the address can be invited again. Replaces deleting it by hand in the Firebase console (ITE-515).

`POST /Users/orphaned-accounts/{firebaseUid}/release`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.clinicos.vet/backend/business`
- URL: `https://api.clinicos.vet/backend/business/Users/orphaned-accounts/{firebaseUid}/release`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/clinicos/apis/pawthosx-business-api-v1/docs/Users/orphaned-accounts/:firebaseUid/release/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `firebaseUid` string, required

## Request body

- ReleaseOrphanedAccountRequest: Body for releasing an orphaned Firebase account. The email is optional and used only for the audit record — the account is identified by the UID in the route, never by this value.
  - `email` string, nullable

## Response `200`

OK

## Changes

- **2026-08-26** `a57456aa87b0`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/clinicos/apis/pawthosx-business-api-v1/changes/Users/orphaned-accounts/:firebaseUid/release/post.md)

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/clinicos/apis/pawthosx-business-api-v1.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/clinicos/apis/pawthosx-business-api-v1/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/clinicos/apis/pawthosx-business-api-v1/revisions/099cf36186e0?raw)