---
title: "Delete Customer"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/customers/{id}"
tags: ["customers", "public"]
---

# Delete Customer

`DELETE /v1/customers/{id}`

Delete a customer.

This action cannot be undone and will immediately:
- Cancel any active subscriptions for the customer
- Revoke all their benefits
- Clear any `external_id`

Use it only in the context of deleting a user within your
own service. Otherwise, use more granular API endpoints to cancel
a specific subscription or revoke certain benefits.

Note: The customers information will nonetheless be retained for historic
orders and subscriptions.

Set `anonymize=true` to also anonymize PII for GDPR compliance.

**Scopes**: `customers:write`

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid4, required — The customer ID.

## Query parameters

- `anonymize` boolean — If true, also anonymize the customer's personal data for GDPR compliance. This replaces email with a hashed version, hashes name and billing name (name preserved for businesses with tax_id), clears billing address, and removes OAuth account data.

## Response `204`

Customer deleted.

## Other responses

- `404` — Customer not found.
- `422` — Validation Error

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