---
title: "Cancel payment refund"
method: DELETE
path: "/v2/payments/{paymentId}/refunds/{refundId}"
tags: ["Refunds API"]
---

# Cancel payment refund

`DELETE /v2/payments/{paymentId}/refunds/{refundId}`

Refunds will be executed with a delay of two hours. Until that time, refunds may be canceled manually via the
Mollie Dashboard, or by using this endpoint.

A refund can only be canceled while its `status` field is either `queued` or `pending`. See the
[Get refund endpoint](get-refund) for more information.

## Query parameters

- `testmode` boolean

## Headers

- `idempotency-key` string

## Response `204`

An empty response if the refund was successfully canceled.

## Other responses

- `404` — No entity with this ID exists.
- `429` — Rate Limit has been reached.

## Changes

> 92 revisions in range; 9 not diffed.

- **2026-05-19** `7cab62b21830` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `429`
- **2026-05-12** `ef4b5a97b56a` — 2 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `advancedAccessToken` was added to the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `organizationAccessToken` was removed from the API

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/mollie/apis/mollie-api/changes/v2/payments/:paymentId/refunds/:refundId/delete.md)

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