---
title: "Delete Customer"
method: DELETE
path: "/customers/{id}"
tags: ["Customers"]
---

# Delete Customer

`DELETE /customers/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.monei.com/v1`
- URL: `https://api.monei.com/v1/customers/{id}`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/monei/apis/monei-api-v1/docs/customers/:id/delete.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Deletes a customer and every payment method it owns.

This is the operation to use for a data-erasure request: the buyer's saved payment methods go with the customer, in one call.

**Refused while the customer is still billing**:

The request fails with `409` when a subscription that is `ACTIVE`, `TRIALING`, `PAUSED` or `PAST_DUE` still names this customer. Cancel those subscriptions first.

**What is kept**:

Payments and charges already made are not deleted. They keep the copy of the customer's details taken at the time, because they are a financial record.

## Response `200`

The resource was deleted

- DeletedResource
  - `success` boolean, required: Always `true`. The request failed otherwise.

## Other responses

- `400`: The request is incorrect or could not be processed
- `401`: Unauthorized error. Please check your auth credentials
- `404`: The specified resource was not found
- `409`: The request conflicts with the current state of the resource
- `422`: The request was well-formed but could not be processed due to semantic errors
- `500`: Unexpected server error
- `503`: The service is temporarily unavailable

## Changes

- **2026-10-02** `2d67a2ee1e00`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/monei/apis/monei-api-v1/changes/customers/:id/delete.md)

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