---
title: "Cancel payment"
method: DELETE
path: "/payments/{paymentId}"
tags: ["Payments API"]
---

# Cancel payment

`DELETE /payments/{paymentId}`

Depending on the payment method, you may be able to cancel a payment for a certain amount of time — usually until the next business day or as long as the payment status is open.

Payments may also be canceled manually from the Mollie Dashboard.

The `isCancelable` property on the [Payment object](get-payment) will indicate if the payment can be canceled.

> 🔑 Access with
>
> [API key](/reference/authentication)
>
> [Advanced access token with **payments.write**](/reference/authentication)
>
> [OAuth access with **payments.write**](/reference/authentication)

## Request body

- object
  - `testmode` boolean, nullable — Whether to create the entity in test mode or live mode. Most API credentials are specifically created for either live mode or test mode, in which case this parameter must not be sent. For organization-level credentials such as OAuth access tokens, you can enable test mode by setting `testmode` to `true`.

## Other responses

- `404` — No entity with this ID exists.
- `422` — The request contains issues. For example, if you are trying to cancel a payment that can no longer be canceled.
- `429` — Rate Limit has been reached.

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[API](https://skmtc.net/mollie/apis/accepting-payments.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/mollie/apis/accepting-payments/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/mollie/accepting-payments/revisions/4b45df3039ef/schema)