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# Delete accounting account

Delete an accounting account.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "Core platform - Accounting",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "API used to manage the accounting context.",
    "contact": {
      "name": "API Support",
      "url": "https://developers.pismo.io/support/"
    },
    "license": {
      "name": "Copyright Pismo"
    }
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://sandbox.pismolabs.io/accounting",
      "description": "Sandbox API server for testing"
    }
  ],
  "security": [
    {
      "BearerAuth": []
    }
  ],
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "BearerAuth": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "bearer",
        "description": "Account access token. Tokens can expire quickly, which can result in an \"Unauthorized\" error.",
        "bearerFormat": "JWT"
      }
    }
  },
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "Accounting accounts",
      "description": "Endpoints to manage the accounting plan, which is a set of accounting accounts."
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/v1/accounting-accounts/{accountingAccountId}": {
      "delete": {
        "operationId": "DeleteAccountingAccount",
        "summary": "Delete accounting account",
        "description": "Delete an accounting account.",
        "tags": [
          "Accounting accounts"
        ],
        "parameters": [
          {
            "in": "path",
            "name": "accountingAccountId",
            "schema": {
              "type": "integer",
              "format": "int64"
            },
            "required": true,
            "description": "Accounting account ID"
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "OK",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "example": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "description": "SAMPLE ACCOUNT",
                    "account": "123123132-x",
                    "program_id": 12,
                    "created_at": "2021-10-10T10:10:00.000Z",
                    "deactivated_at": "2021-10-11T10:10:00.000Z"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "404": {
            "description": "Accounting account not found"
          },
          "409": {
            "description": "Accounting account cannot be deleted, because it's being used by an active accounting script."
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```