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api: 'Business API'
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# Freeze a card

Freeze a card to make it temporarily unavailable for spending.
You can only freeze a card that is in the state `active`.

A successful freeze changes the card's state to `frozen`, and no content is returned in the response.

:::note
- This feature is not available in Sandbox.
- To increase your account's card limits, please contact [Revolut API Support](mailto:api-requests@revolut.com).
:::

For more information, see the guides: [Manage cards](/docs/guides/manage-accounts/cards/manage-cards).

## Endpoint

POST `/cards/{card_id}/freeze`

## Parameters

### path parameters

- `card_id` (string, required)
  The ID of the card to freeze.

## Returns

### 204

Card successfully frozen

## Error responses

| HTTP status code | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 400 | Bad request  Returned, for example, when you provide an invalid card ID in the path. |
| 403 | State of the card doesn't allow to freeze it |
| 404 | Card doesn't exist |