---
title: "Delete customer external account by ID"
method: DELETE
path: "/customers/external-accounts/{externalAccountId}"
tags: ["External Accounts"]
---

# Delete customer external account by ID

`DELETE /customers/external-accounts/{externalAccountId}`

Delete a customer external account by its system-generated ID.
An account that is currently a trusted beneficiary for SCA cannot be deleted — untrust it first via `POST /customers/external-accounts/{externalAccountId}/untrust` (and its `/confirm`), then delete.

## Response `204`

External account deleted successfully

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized
- `404` — External account not found
- `409` — Returned with `BENEFICIARY_TRUSTED` when the external account is currently a trusted beneficiary. Untrust it first, then delete.
- `500` — Internal service error

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