Delete a payment method

Remove one way of paying a recipient.

DELETE

DELETE/recipients/{orgId}/{recipientId}/methods/{methodId}

IDEMPOTENCY_KEY=$(uuidgen)  # new key per call; reuse it only to retry this exact request
curl -s -X DELETE "$AVVIO_BASE_URL/recipients/$AVVIO_ORG_ID/$recipientId/methods/$methodId" \
  -H "x-api-key: $AVVIO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $IDEMPOTENCY_KEY"

const recipientId = '<recipientId>';
const methodId = '<methodId>';
const idempotencyKey = crypto.randomUUID(); // new key per call; reuse it only to retry this exact request

const res = await fetch(`${process.env.AVVIO_BASE_URL}/recipients/${process.env.AVVIO_ORG_ID}/${recipientId}/methods/${methodId}`, {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': process.env.AVVIO_API_KEY,
    'Idempotency-Key': idempotencyKey,
  },
});
console.log(res.status, await res.json());

import os
import uuid
import requests

recipientId = "<recipientId>"
methodId = "<methodId>"
idempotency_key = str(uuid.uuid4())  # new key per call; reuse it only to retry this exact request

res = requests.delete(
    f"{os.environ['AVVIO_BASE_URL']}/recipients/{os.environ['AVVIO_ORG_ID']}/{recipientId}/methods/{methodId}",
    headers={
        "x-api-key": os.environ["AVVIO_API_KEY"],
        "Idempotency-Key": idempotency_key,
    },
)
print(res.status_code, res.json())

200OK

{
  "id": "cmf3k2xa10004q8b7r5t8u1vw",
  "name": "Ana Ruiz",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "country": "MX",
  "externalId": "payroll-4471",
  "endUserId": "customer_42",
  "type": "individual",
  "phone": "+525512345678",
  "createdAt": "2026-08-20T13:58:02.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-08-20T13:58:02.000Z",
  "organizationId": "cmsx0h2k900a1n11ib3qz9v42",
  "paymentMethods": [
    {
      "id": "cmf3k2xa10005q8b7w9x2y3za",
      "kind": "fiat",
      "currency": "MXN",
      "last4": "4471",
      "status": "active",
      "destinationAccountId": "sbx_acct_MXN_4471_ae66cbc5"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "type": "IDEMPOTENCY_KEY_INVALID",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "Idempotency-Key must be 1-255 characters of A-Z a-z 0-9 _ . : or -",
  "resolution": "Use 1-255 characters of A-Z a-z 0-9 _ . : or -. A UUID works.",
  "requestId": "req-9f3",
  "message": "Idempotency-Key must be 1-255 characters of A-Z a-z 0-9 _ . : or -",
  "statusCode": 400
}

{
  "type": "UNAUTHORIZED",
  "status": 401,
  "detail": "Invalid API key",
  "resolution": "Check the API key was copied whole and has not been revoked.",
  "requestId": "req-9bz",
  "message": "Invalid API key",
  "statusCode": 401
}

{
  "type": "FORBIDDEN",
  "status": 403,
  "detail": "This API key cannot access that organization",
  "resolution": "This key is scoped to a different organization.",
  "requestId": "req-9d0",
  "message": "This API key cannot access that organization",
  "statusCode": 403
}

{
  "type": "RATE_LIMITED",
  "status": 429,
  "detail": "ThrottlerException: Too Many Requests",
  "resolution": "Back off and retry after the Retry-After interval.",
  "requestId": "req-9e1",
  "message": "ThrottlerException: Too Many Requests",
  "statusCode": 429
}

Path parameters

orgIdstringRequired
The opaque organization id issued to you, normally CUID-shaped (for example cmsx…). It is not an org_-prefixed alias. Pass it unchanged in every organization-scoped path.
recipientIdstringRequired
Opaque recipient id returned by this API. Pass it unchanged.
methodIdstringRequired
From the recipient's paymentMethods[].id.

Headers

Idempotency-KeystringOptional
Same semantics as Idempotency-Key on the money routes (replay on the same body, 409 on a different one, released by a 4xx), but optional here: without it the request simply runs once with no replay. Every POST, PATCH and DELETE honors it; send one whenever your client might retry.

Behavior

Use this when an account is closed or was entered wrong. The recipient and their other methods are untouched.

The destinationAccountId this method carried stops being payable.

Responses

200The recipient, without that method

Body · Beneficiary

idstringOptional
namestringOptional
emailstring | nullOptional
The contact address you supplied, or null when none was sent.
countrystring | nullOptional
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2. Null when none was stored (crypto recipients).
externalIdstring | nullOptional
Your id for the recipient, or null when none was sent.
endUserIdstring | nullOptional
typestringOptional
Allowed values:individualbusiness
phonestring | nullOptional
screeningStatusstring | nullOptional
Internal compliance state. Returned today but not part of the contract, and it will be removed. Do not read it.
screeningReasonstring | nullOptional
Internal compliance state. Returned today but not part of the contract, and it will be removed. Do not read it.
screenedAtstring<date-time> | nullOptional
Internal compliance state. Returned today but not part of the contract, and it will be removed. Do not read it.
deletedAtstring<date-time> | nullOptional
Always null on a read (deleted recipients are not returned). It will be removed.
createdAtstring<date-time>Optional
updatedAtstring<date-time>Optional
organizationIdstringOptional
The organization id you authenticate with, the same one you put in the URL, for test and live keys alike.
paymentMethodsarray of objectOptional
Show 10 properties
- idstringOptional
- kindstringOptional
  Allowed values:fiatcrypto
- currencystring | nullOptional
- last4string | nullOptional
- statusstringOptional
  Allowed values:activependingfailed
- destinationAccountIdstring | nullOptional
  Pass this as destinationAccountId when pricing a payout.
- addressstring | nullOptional
  Crypto methods only. The destination wallet address.
- chainstring | nullOptional
  Crypto methods only. The network the address is on.
- labelstring | nullOptional
- railstring | nullOptional
  An internal routing label. Returned today but not part of the contract, and it will be removed. Do not read it.

Errors

400
IDEMPOTENCY_KEY_INVALID: an Idempotency-Key was sent but is not 1-255 characters of A-Z a-z 0-9 _ . : -. Nothing ran.
401
The key was refused. Nothing ran.
- UNAUTHORIZED: missing, invalid or revoked, or a key on a route that does not accept one.
- KEY_EXPIRED: the key passed the expiry it was issued with. Issue a new one; an expired key cannot be rotated.
- KEY_IP_NOT_ALLOWED: the key is pinned to source addresses and this request came from another.
403
A valid key that may not make this write. Nothing was changed.
- FORBIDDEN: the key belongs to a different organization.
- ACCOUNT_BLOCKED: API access for your organization is suspended.
- LIVE_KEY_ORG_NOT_APPROVED: a live key, before we have approved your business verification. Use a test key until then.
- INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE: a read-only key. Issue one with the write scope.
404
Unknown recipient or method
429
Too many requests. The default ceiling is 100 requests per minute per API credential on a 60-second window. High-volume payout and reconciliation routes declare a 600/minute override, and batch submission a 30/minute ceiling. A separate 2,000/minute per-source-IP abuse ceiling always applies.

Obey Retry-After; it is in seconds and is authoritative. A 429 means the request was refused before the handler ran. Retry reads normally; retry an idempotent mutation with its same Idempotency-Key.

Error body · Error

typestringRequired
Stable machine-readable code.
detailstringRequired
What went wrong, in a sentence. Always a string, so detail.toLowerCase() is safe.
More
This is the field to read on BAD_REQUEST and PROVIDER_REJECTED, where the type alone does not name the condition.
messagestringRequired
The same text as detail, kept for integrations written before detail existed. Read detail.
resolutionstringOptional
What to do about it, when there is a specific answer. It is not on every error (it is absent on BAD_REQUEST, NOT_FOUND, PAYOUT_NOT_CANCELABLE and DESTINATION_ACCOUNT_NOT_FOUND), so treat it as optional and fall back to detail.
statusintegerRequired
HTTP status, repeated in the body.
statusCodeintegerRequired
The same value as status, kept for integrations written before status existed. Read status.
requestIdstringRequired
Quote this to support and we can find the exact request. Also sent as the x-request-id response header, which is the only place it appears on a successful response. Success bodies do not carry it. Send your own x-request-id on the request and we use it, so your trace and ours share one identifier; otherwise we mint one.
errorsarray of stringOptional
Present on VALIDATION_ERROR; names each field that failed.
originalIdempotencyKeystringOptional
On DUPLICATE_REQUEST_DETECTED only. Send the request again with this to receive the original payout instead of making a second one. Without it there is no way to recover except by risking a double payment.
originalPayoutIdstringOptional
On DUPLICATE_REQUEST_DETECTED only. The payout the first request created.
originalBatchIdstringOptional
On a batch DUPLICATE_REQUEST_DETECTED. The run the first request created.
originalRequestIdstringOptional
On a 409 PAYOUT_OUTCOME_UNKNOWN replay. The requestId of the call whose outcome is unknown; quote it to support.
existingRecipientIdstringOptional
On BANK_ACCOUNT_ALREADY_LINKED. The recipient in your organization that already holds this account.
existingMethodIdstringOptional
On BANK_ACCOUNT_ALREADY_LINKED. The payment method on that recipient.

Branch on type, never on the status or the message. Every error type is listed with what to do about it.

Avvio Partner Payouts · Recipients · operation deleteBeneficiaryMethod

Try it: Delete a payment method

DELETE https://api.avvio.xyz/business/api/v1/recipients/{orgId}/{recipientId}/methods/{methodId}

API key Required

Test keys only. Sent as x-api-key through this site's proxy to the Avvio API, never saved, and cleared when you close this dialog.

orgId pathRequired

Idempotency-Key headerOptional

recipientId pathRequired

methodId pathRequired

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