---
title: "Delete issuer"
description: "Permanently deletes an issuer and every record it owns, including its CFDI. The account’s members, plan, and API wallet stay. Retry with the same Idempotency-Key to resume an interrupted deletion."
language: en
canonical_url: "https://exac.mx/docs/en/api/workspace/issuers/delete-issuer"
md_url: "https://exac.mx/docs/en/api/workspace/issuers/delete-issuer.md"
---

# Delete issuer

Permanently deletes an issuer and every record it owns, including its CFDI. The account’s members, plan, and API wallet stay. Retry with the same Idempotency-Key to resume an interrupted deletion.

## Request

`DELETE /v1/issuers/{rfc}`

- **Authorization:** Required permission: `org:delete`.

- **Environments:** Production only

- **Idempotency:** Required

## Canonical machine contract

This fragment is generated from the canonical operation and Zod contracts used by the route.

```json
{
  "method": "DELETE",
  "path": "/v1/issuers/{rfc}",
  "operation": {
    "operationId": "deleteIssuer",
    "tags": [
      "Issuers"
    ],
    "summary": "Delete issuer",
    "description": "Permanently deletes an issuer and every record it owns, including its CFDI. The account’s members, plan, and API wallet stay. Retry with the same Idempotency-Key to resume an interrupted deletion.",
    "security": [
      {
        "bearerAuth": []
      }
    ],
    "servers": [
      {
        "url": "https://adventurous-moose-616.convex.site",
        "description": "Current Exac production API deployment"
      }
    ],
    "parameters": [
      {
        "name": "rfc",
        "in": "path",
        "required": true,
        "schema": {
          "type": "string",
          "pattern": "^[A-ZÑ&]{3,4}\\d{6}[A-Z0-9]{3}$"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Idempotency-Key",
        "in": "header",
        "required": true,
        "schema": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 200
        },
        "description": "Unique retry key for this exact operation. Reuse it only when retrying the same request."
      }
    ],
    "requestBody": {
      "required": false,
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {},
            "additionalProperties": false
          },
          "example": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "responses": {
      "200": {
        "description": "Operation completed.",
        "headers": {
          "Request-Id": {
            "$ref": "#/components/headers/RequestId"
          }
        },
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "data": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "rfc": {
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "deleted": {
                      "type": "boolean",
                      "const": true
                    }
                  },
                  "required": [
                    "rfc",
                    "deleted"
                  ],
                  "additionalProperties": false
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "data"
              ],
              "additionalProperties": false
            },
            "example": {
              "data": {
                "rfc": "EKU9003173C9",
                "deleted": true
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "400": {
        "description": "Invalid request.\n\n`validation_error`",
        "headers": {
          "Request-Id": {
            "$ref": "#/components/headers/RequestId"
          }
        },
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ApiError"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "401": {
        "description": "Missing or invalid credential.\n\n`unauthenticated`",
        "headers": {
          "Request-Id": {
            "$ref": "#/components/headers/RequestId"
          },
          "WWW-Authenticate": {
            "$ref": "#/components/headers/WWWAuthenticate"
          }
        },
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ApiError"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "402": {
        "description": "Insufficient prepaid balance or an unmet billing requirement.\n\n`payment_required`",
        "headers": {
          "Request-Id": {
            "$ref": "#/components/headers/RequestId"
          }
        },
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ApiError"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "403": {
        "description": "The credential does not include the `org:delete` permission.\n\n`forbidden`",
        "headers": {
          "Request-Id": {
            "$ref": "#/components/headers/RequestId"
          },
          "WWW-Authenticate": {
            "$ref": "#/components/headers/WWWAuthenticate"
          }
        },
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ApiError"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "404": {
        "description": "Resource not found.\n\n`not_found`",
        "headers": {
          "Request-Id": {
            "$ref": "#/components/headers/RequestId"
          }
        },
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ApiError"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "405": {
        "description": "Method not allowed.\n\n`method_not_allowed`",
        "headers": {
          "Request-Id": {
            "$ref": "#/components/headers/RequestId"
          },
          "Allow": {
            "$ref": "#/components/headers/Allow"
          }
        },
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ApiError"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "409": {
        "description": "State, environment, or idempotency conflict. Use error.code to determine recovery.\n\nPossible codes: `conflict`, `idempotency_conflict`, `operation_in_progress`, `recovery_required`, `migration_required`.",
        "headers": {
          "Request-Id": {
            "$ref": "#/components/headers/RequestId"
          },
          "Retry-After": {
            "$ref": "#/components/headers/RetryAfter"
          }
        },
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ApiError"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "429": {
        "description": "Too many requests.\n\n`rate_limited`",
        "headers": {
          "Request-Id": {
            "$ref": "#/components/headers/RequestId"
          },
          "Retry-After": {
            "$ref": "#/components/headers/RetryAfter"
          }
        },
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ApiError"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "500": {
        "description": "Internal server error.\n\n`internal`",
        "headers": {
          "Request-Id": {
            "$ref": "#/components/headers/RequestId"
          }
        },
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ApiError"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "503": {
        "description": "Service temporarily unavailable.\n\n`provider_unavailable`",
        "headers": {
          "Request-Id": {
            "$ref": "#/components/headers/RequestId"
          },
          "Retry-After": {
            "$ref": "#/components/headers/RetryAfter"
          }
        },
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ApiError"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "x-exac-environments": [
      "production"
    ]
  },
  "components": {
    "schemas": {
      "ApiError": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "error": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ProgrammaticError"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "error"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "ProgrammaticError": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "code": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "validation_error",
              "unauthenticated",
              "forbidden",
              "payment_required",
              "not_found",
              "method_not_allowed",
              "conflict",
              "idempotency_conflict",
              "operation_in_progress",
              "recovery_required",
              "migration_required",
              "rate_limited",
              "provider_unavailable",
              "internal"
            ],
            "description": "Recommended action by code:\n\n- `validation_error` — Correct the request using error.message and, when present, details.issues paths and codes.\n- `unauthenticated` — Provide a valid API key or OAuth access token.\n- `forbidden` — Use a credential with the required permission.\n- `payment_required` — For details.reason = api_wallet_insufficient, add prepaid API/MCP credit using details.topUpUrl; balanceMinor is the balance in centavos. Otherwise review the billing requirement. Retry only after it is resolved.\n- `not_found` — Check the organization-scoped resource identifier.\n- `method_not_allowed` — Use the documented HTTP method.\n- `conflict` — Refresh the resource and resolve its current state.\n- `idempotency_conflict` — Use a new idempotency key for a changed request.\n- `operation_in_progress` — Wait for Retry-After, then repeat the exact request.\n- `recovery_required` — Do not retry automatically or change the idempotency key. Retrieve details.document.documentRef when present, verify the outcome, and contact support with Request-Id if it remains uncertain.\n- `migration_required` — Contact support to complete historical document migration; do not reissue the document.\n- `rate_limited` — Wait for Retry-After before retrying.\n- `provider_unavailable` — Retry only when the response marks the failure as retryable.\n- `internal` — A failed response does not prove that a write had no effect. Retry a read after backoff; retry a write only with its original idempotency key and unchanged request. Contact support with Request-Id if it persists."
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "details": {
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            "properties": {
              "document": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "documentRef": {
                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/DocumentRef"
                  },
                  "editable": {
                    "type": "boolean"
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "documentRef",
                  "editable"
                ],
                "additionalProperties": false
              },
              "issues": {
                "type": "array",
                "items": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
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                      "type": "array",
                      "items": {
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                          {
                            "type": "string"
                          },
                          {
                            "type": "number"
                          }
                        ]
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                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "code": {
                      "type": "string"
                    }
                  },
                  "required": [
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                  ],
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                }
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                "type": "boolean"
              },
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                "type": "integer",
                "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
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              },
              "reason": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "balanceMinor": {
                "type": "integer",
                "minimum": 0,
                "maximum": 9007199254740991
              },
              "topUpUrl": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "additionalProperties": false
          },
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            "type": "integer",
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          }
        },
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          "message",
          "status"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "DocumentRef": {
        "type": "string",
        "pattern": "^(invoice|withholding|sales_receipt|declaration|tax_compliance_opinion|sales_receipt_refund):.+$"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

[OpenAPI 3.1](/openapi.json)

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