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Delete a specific account

DELETE/accounts/{account_id}

Delete a specific account (only available for tenant admins at this time). This is a permanent operation that will delete any zones or other resources under the account

Security

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194
Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
Account Settings Write
Path ParametersExpand Collapse
account_id: string

The account ID of the account to be deleted

ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
message: string
documentation_url: optional string
source: optional object { pointer }
pointer: optional string
messages: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
message: string
documentation_url: optional string
source: optional object { pointer }
pointer: optional string
success: true

Whether the API call was successful.

result: optional object { id }
id: string

Identifier

maxLength32
minLength32

Delete a specific account

HTTP
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID \
    -X DELETE \
    -H "X-Auth-Email: $CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL" \
    -H "X-Auth-Key: $CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY"
200 example
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353"
  }
}
Returns Examples
200 example
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353"
  }
}
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