---
title: "Cancel sent invoice"
method: POST
path: "/v2/invoicing/invoices/{invoice_id}/cancel"
tags: ["invoices"]
---

# Cancel sent invoice

`POST /v2/invoicing/invoices/{invoice_id}/cancel`

Cancels a sent invoice, by ID, and, optionally, sends a notification about the cancellation to the payer, merchant, and CC: emails.

## Path parameters

- `invoice_id` string, required

## Request body

- Notification — The email or SMS notification to send to the invoicer or payer on sending an invoice.
  - `subject` string — The subject of the email that is sent as a notification to the recipient.<blockquote><strong>Note:</strong> User-provided values for this field will not be honored and the subject will always be defaulted to a system-defined value.</blockquote>
  - `note` string — A note to the payer.<blockquote><strong>Note:</strong> User-provided values for this field will not be honored and the note will always be defaulted to a system-defined value.</blockquote>
  - `send_to_invoicer` boolean — Indicates whether to send a copy of the email to the merchant.
  - `send_to_recipient` boolean — Indicates whether to send a copy of the email to the recipient.
  - `additional_recipients` EmailAddress[] — An array of one or more CC: emails to which notifications are sent. If you omit this parameter, a notification is sent to all CC: email addresses that are part of the invoice.<blockquote><strong>Note:</strong> Valid values are email addresses in the `additional_recipients` value associated with the invoice.</blockquote>

## Response `204`

A successful request returns the HTTP `204 No Content` status code with no JSON response body.

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request.
- `403` — Authorization Error.
- `404` — Resource Not Found.
- `422` — Unprocessable Entity.
- `500` — An internal server error has occurred.
- `default` — The default response.

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[API](https://skmtc.net/paypal/apis/payments.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/paypal/apis/payments/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/paypal/payments/revisions/672aceee1190/schema)