---
title: "Cancel a pre-authorization"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/creditcontrol/accounts/{creditAccountId}/transactions/{transactionId}"
tags: ["Account"]
---

# Cancel a pre-authorization

`DELETE /api/creditcontrol/accounts/{creditAccountId}/transactions/{transactionId}`

Cancels a pre-authorization created by the [Create a Pre-Authorization](https://developers.vtex.com/docs/api-reference/customer-credit-api#post-/api/creditcontrol/accounts/-creditAccountId-/transactions) endpoint. 

>⚠️ The pre-authorization can only be deleted by this endpoint if it was created with the `settled` field set to `false` previously.

## Permissions

Any user or [API key](https://developers.vtex.com/docs/guides/api-authentication-using-api-keys) must have at least one of the appropriate [License Manager resources](https://help.vtex.com/en/tutorial/license-manager-resources--3q6ztrC8YynQf6rdc6euk3) to be able to successfully run this request. Otherwise they will receive a status code `403` error. These are the applicable resources for this endpoint:

| **Product** | **Category** | **Resource** |
| --------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- |
| Credit Control | Main | **Main Access** |
| Credit Control | Statements | **Create Statements** |

There are no applicable [predefined roles](https://help.vtex.com/en/tutorial/predefined-roles--jGDurZKJHvHJS13LnO7Dy) for this resource list. You must [create a custom role](https://help.vtex.com/en/tutorial/roles--7HKK5Uau2H6wxE1rH5oRbc#creating-a-role) and add at least one of the resources above in order to use this endpoint.To learn more about machine authentication at VTEX, see [Authentication overview](https://developers.vtex.com/docs/guides/authentication).

>❗ To prevent integrations from having excessive permissions, consider the [best practices for managing API keys](https://help.vtex.com/en/tutorial/best-practices-api-keys--7b6nD1VMHa49aI5brlOvJm) when assigning License Manager roles to integrations.

## Path parameters

- `creditAccountId` string, required
- `transactionId` string, required

## Headers

- `Content-Type` string, required
- `Accept` string, required

## Response `200`

OK. This endpoint does not return any data in the response body.

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[API](https://skmtc.net/vtex/apis/customer-credit-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/vtex/apis/customer-credit-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/vtex/customer-credit-api/revisions/6397d4efe3b7/schema)