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api: 'Business API'
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# Delete an accounting category

Delete a specific accounting category, based on its ID.

:::note
This operation is not supported for [externally managed accounting categories](/docs/guides/manage-accounts/accounting/manage-accounting-categories#externally-managed-settings).
:::

Once the accounting category is deleted, it will not be returned by the API or in the Revolut Business app, and:
- You will not be able to assign it to new financial records (e.g. expenses). 
- Existing records assigned to this category that have not been completed will be marked as invalid, and you'll need to reassign them to another category.
- Completed records will not be affected by the change. 

A successful response does not get any content in return.

For more details, see the guides: [Manage accounting settings](/docs/guides/manage-accounts/accounting/manage-accounting-settings) and [Manage accounting categories](/docs/guides/manage-accounts/accounting/manage-accounting-categories).

## Endpoint

DELETE `/accounting-categories/{accounting_category_id}`

## Parameters

### path parameters

- `accounting_category_id` (string, required)
  The ID of the accounting category to delete.

## Returns

### 204

Accounting category deleted

## Error responses

| HTTP status code | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 400 | Bad Request  Returned, for example, when a required parameter is missing or malformatted. |
| 401 | Unauthorized – authentication credentials are missing or invalid  Returned when the request was not fulfilled because authentication has failed or has not been provided. |
| 403 | Action forbidden - insufficient permissions to perform this action  Returned, for example, when you don't have permissions necessary to perform this action. |
| 404 | Not found  Returned when the accounting category that you're trying to delete doesn't exist. This can happen when, for example, the accounting category has already been deleted, or the provided category ID is incorrect. |
| 422 | Unprocessable entity - accounting category cannot be deleted due to business rules   Returned, for example, when you have an accounting software integration connected to your Revolut Business account, and accounting category are managed by that integration.  The request is well-formed and the server understands it, but the operation cannot be performed because the resource state doesn't permit it. Retrying the same request won't succeed. |
| 429 | Too many requests  Returned, for example, when the rate limit has been exceeded. If the response includes the `Retry-After` instruction, please respect it and refrain from earlier retry attempts. |
| 500 | Internal server error  An unexpected application error occurred. |
| 503 | Service Unavailable  The system is temporarily unavailable. If the response includes the `Retry-After` header instruction, please respect it and refrain from earlier retry attempts. |