---
title: "Deletes an Allowance incidence"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/2026-10-01/resources/timeoff/allowance_incidences/{id}"
tags: ["Timeoff > AllowanceIncidence"]
---

# Deletes an Allowance incidence

`DELETE /api/2026-10-01/resources/timeoff/allowance_incidences/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.factorialhr.com`
- URL: `https://api.factorialhr.com/api/2026-10-01/resources/timeoff/allowance_incidences/{id}`
- Auth: one of:
  - OAuth 2
    - Authorization code: `https://id.factorialhr.com/oauth/authorize`
    - Token URL: `https://id.factorialhr.com/api/oauth/token` scopes: `time_off`
  - API key in header `x-api-key`

Deletes an allowance incidence

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- TimeoffAllowanceIncidence
  - `id` string, required: Unique identifier of the allowance incidence
  - `employee_id` string, required: Employee id of the affected employee
  - `description` string: Optional comment regarding the incidence
  - `days_in_cents` integer, required: How many units * 100 does the incidence add/substract. Can be positive or negative. Example is one unit
  - `timeoff_allowance_id` string, required: To what allowance does the incidence affect. It will dictate if its days or hours
  - `effective_on` string, required: When does the incidence take effect; this is for time off cycles calculations.
  - `target_balance` string: Whether the incidence affects the Accrued or the Available counter.
  - `created_at` integer, required: Unix timestamp when the DB record was created
  - `updated_at` integer, required: Unix timestamp when the DB record was last updated

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `83ac9aa1de50`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/factorialhr/apis/factorial-api/changes/api/2026-10-01/resources/timeoff/allowance_incidences/:id/delete.md)

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