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# Delete customer external account by ID

> Delete a customer external account by its system-generated ID



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://app.stainless.com/api/spec/documented/grid/openapi.documented.yml delete /customers/external-accounts/{externalAccountId}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Grid API
  description: >
    API for managing global payments on the open Money Grid. Built by
    Lightspark. See the full documentation at https://docs.lightspark.com/.
  version: '2025-10-13'
  contact:
    name: Lightspark Support
    email: support@lightspark.com
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://lightspark.com/terms
servers:
  - url: https://api.lightspark.com/grid/2025-10-13
    description: Production server
security:
  - BasicAuth: []
  - AgentAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Platform Configuration
    description: >-
      Platform configuration endpoints for managing global settings. You can
      also configure these settings in the Grid dashboard.
  - name: Customers
    description: >-
      Customer management endpoints for creating and updating customer
      information
  - name: KYC/KYB Verifications
    description: >-
      Endpoints for Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Business (KYB)
      verification, including managing beneficial owners and triggering
      verification for customers.
  - name: Documents
    description: >-
      Endpoints for uploading and managing verification documents for customers
      and beneficial owners. Supports KYC and KYB document requirements.
  - name: Internal Accounts
    description: >-
      Internal account management endpoints for creating and managing internal
      accounts
  - name: External Accounts
    description: >-
      External account management endpoints for creating and managing external
      bank accounts
  - name: Same-Currency Transfers
    description: >-
      Endpoints for transferring funds between internal and external accounts
      with the same currency
  - name: Cross-Currency Transfers
    description: Endpoints for creating and confirming quotes for cross-currency transfers
  - name: Transactions
    description: Endpoints for retrieving transaction information
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Webhook endpoints and configuration for receiving notifications
  - name: Invitations
    description: Endpoints for creating, claiming and managing UMA invitations
  - name: Sandbox
    description: Endpoints to trigger test cases in sandbox
  - name: API Tokens
    description: Endpoints to programmatically manage API tokens
  - name: Exchange Rates
    description: >-
      Endpoints for retrieving cached foreign exchange rates. Rates are cached
      for approximately 5 minutes and include platform-specific fees.
  - name: Discoveries
    description: >-
      Endpoints for discovering available payment rails, banks, and providers
      for a given country and currency corridor.
  - name: Embedded Wallet Auth
    description: >-
      Endpoints for registering and verifying end-user authentication
      credentials (email OTP, OAuth, passkey) used to sign Embedded Wallet
      actions.
  - name: Agent Management
    description: >-
      Endpoints for creating and managing agents (experimental), called by the
      partner's backend using platform credentials. Covers the full agent
      lifecycle: creation, policy configuration, pausing, deletion, the device
      code installation flow, and approving or rejecting transactions initiated
      by agents.
  - name: Agent Operations
    description: >-
      Endpoints called by the agent itself using its own credentials (obtained
      via device code redemption). Scoped to the agent's associated customer —
      all requests automatically operate on behalf of that customer and are
      subject to the agent's policy. When an action requires approval, the
      resulting transaction enters a pending state and must be approved by the
      platform via `POST /transactions/{transactionId}/approve`.
  - name: Cards
    description: >-
      Card management endpoints. Issue debit cards against an internal account,
      freeze / unfreeze, close, manage card funding sources, and list card
      transactions.
paths:
  /customers/external-accounts/{externalAccountId}:
    parameters:
      - name: externalAccountId
        in: path
        description: System-generated unique external account identifier
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
    delete:
      tags:
        - External Accounts
      summary: Delete customer external account by ID
      description: Delete a customer external account by its system-generated ID
      operationId: deleteCustomerExternalAccountById
      responses:
        '204':
          description: External account deleted successfully
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error401'
        '404':
          description: External account not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error404'
        '500':
          description: Internal service error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error500'
      security:
        - BasicAuth: []
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: JavaScript
          source: |-
            import LightsparkGrid from '@lightsparkdev/grid';

            const client = new LightsparkGrid({
              username: process.env['GRID_CLIENT_ID'], // This is the default and can be omitted
              password: process.env['GRID_CLIENT_SECRET'], // This is the default and can be omitted
            });

            await client.customers.externalAccounts.delete('externalAccountId');
        - lang: Python
          source: |-
            import os
            from grid import LightsparkGrid

            client = LightsparkGrid(
                username=os.environ.get("GRID_CLIENT_ID"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
                password=os.environ.get("GRID_CLIENT_SECRET"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
            )
            client.customers.external_accounts.delete(
                "externalAccountId",
            )
        - lang: Go
          source: "package main\n\nimport (\n\t\"context\"\n\n\t\"github.com/stainless-sdks/grid-go\"\n\t\"github.com/stainless-sdks/grid-go/option\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n\tclient := grid.NewClient(\n\t\toption.WithUsername(\"My Username\"),\n\t\toption.WithPassword(\"My Password\"),\n\t)\n\terr := client.Customers.ExternalAccounts.Delete(context.TODO(), \"externalAccountId\")\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\tpanic(err.Error())\n\t}\n}\n"
        - lang: Kotlin
          source: >-
            package com.lightspark.grid.example


            import com.lightspark.grid.client.LightsparkGridClient

            import com.lightspark.grid.client.okhttp.LightsparkGridOkHttpClient

            import
            com.lightspark.grid.models.customers.externalaccounts.ExternalAccountDeleteParams


            fun main() {
                val client: LightsparkGridClient = LightsparkGridOkHttpClient.fromEnv()

                client.customers().externalAccounts().delete("externalAccountId")
            }
        - lang: Ruby
          source: >-
            require "grid"


            lightspark_grid = Grid::Client.new(username: "My Username",
            password: "My Password")


            result =
            lightspark_grid.customers.external_accounts.delete("externalAccountId")


            puts(result)
        - lang: PHP
          source: |-
            <?php

            require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';

            use Grid\Client;
            use Grid\Core\Exceptions\APIException;

            $client = new Client(
              username: getenv('GRID_CLIENT_ID') ?: 'My Username',
              password: getenv('GRID_CLIENT_SECRET') ?: 'My Password',
            );

            try {
              $result = $client->customers->externalAccounts->delete('externalAccountId');

              var_dump($result);
            } catch (APIException $e) {
              echo $e->getMessage();
            }
        - lang: C#
          source: |-
            using Grid;
            using Grid.Models.Customers.ExternalAccounts;

            LightsparkGridClient client = new();

            ExternalAccountDeleteParams parameters = new()
            {
                ExternalAccountID = "externalAccountId"
            };

            await client.Customers.ExternalAccounts.Delete(parameters);
        - lang: CLI
          source: |-
            grid customers:external-accounts delete \
              --username 'My Username' \
              --password 'My Password' \
              --external-account-id externalAccountId
components:
  schemas:
    Error401:
      type: object
      required:
        - message
        - status
        - code
      properties:
        status:
          type: integer
          enum:
            - 401
          description: HTTP status code
        code:
          type: string
          description: >
            | Error Code | Description |

            |------------|-------------|

            | UNAUTHORIZED | Issue with API credentials |

            | INVALID_SIGNATURE | Signature header is invalid |

            | WALLET_SIGNATURE_MISSING | The `Grid-Wallet-Signature` header is
            required for this Embedded Wallet action but was not supplied |

            | WALLET_SIGNATURE_MALFORMED | The `Grid-Wallet-Signature` header
            could not be parsed (bad encoding, structure, or fields) |

            | WALLET_SIGNATURE_BODY_MISMATCH | The `Grid-Wallet-Signature` was
            computed over a different request body than the one received |

            | WALLET_SIGNATURE_INVALID | The `Grid-Wallet-Signature` failed
            cryptographic verification against the registered credential |

            | REQUEST_ID_MISSING | The `Request-Id` header is required on the
            signed retry but was not supplied (paired with
            `Grid-Wallet-Signature`) |
          enum:
            - UNAUTHORIZED
            - INVALID_SIGNATURE
            - WALLET_SIGNATURE_MISSING
            - WALLET_SIGNATURE_MALFORMED
            - WALLET_SIGNATURE_BODY_MISMATCH
            - WALLET_SIGNATURE_INVALID
            - REQUEST_ID_MISSING
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message
        details:
          type: object
          description: Additional error details
          additionalProperties: true
    Error404:
      type: object
      required:
        - message
        - status
        - code
      properties:
        status:
          type: integer
          enum:
            - 404
          description: HTTP status code
        code:
          type: string
          description: >
            | Error Code | Description |

            |------------|-------------|

            | TRANSACTION_NOT_FOUND | Transaction not found |

            | INVITATION_NOT_FOUND | Invitation not found |

            | USER_NOT_FOUND | Customer not found |

            | QUOTE_NOT_FOUND | Quote not found |

            | LOOKUP_REQUEST_NOT_FOUND | Lookup request not found |

            | TOKEN_NOT_FOUND | Token not found |

            | BULK_UPLOAD_JOB_NOT_FOUND | Bulk upload job not found |

            | REFERENCE_NOT_FOUND | Reference not found |

            | UMA_NOT_FOUND | The UMA address is well-formed but no receiver
            exists at the counterparty VASP |
          enum:
            - TRANSACTION_NOT_FOUND
            - INVITATION_NOT_FOUND
            - USER_NOT_FOUND
            - QUOTE_NOT_FOUND
            - LOOKUP_REQUEST_NOT_FOUND
            - TOKEN_NOT_FOUND
            - BULK_UPLOAD_JOB_NOT_FOUND
            - REFERENCE_NOT_FOUND
            - UMA_NOT_FOUND
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message
        details:
          type: object
          description: Additional error details
          additionalProperties: true
    Error500:
      type: object
      required:
        - message
        - status
        - code
      properties:
        status:
          type: integer
          enum:
            - 500
          description: HTTP status code
        code:
          type: string
          description: |
            | Error Code | Description |
            |------------|-------------|
            | GRID_SWITCH_ERROR | Grid switch error |
            | INTERNAL_ERROR | Internal server or UMA error |
          enum:
            - GRID_SWITCH_ERROR
            - INTERNAL_ERROR
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message
        details:
          type: object
          description: Additional error details
          additionalProperties: true
  securitySchemes:
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: >-
        API token authentication using format `<api token id>:<api client
        secret>`
    AgentAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        Bearer token authentication for agent-scoped endpoints. The token is the
        `accessToken` returned when redeeming a device code via `POST
        /agents/device-codes/{code}/redeem`. Agent credentials are user-scoped:
        all requests are automatically bound to the agent's associated customer
        and subject to the agent's policy.

````