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# Delete Payee

> Delete a payee from your account.

This endpoint allows you to:
- Remove inactive or outdated beneficiaries
- Maintain clean payout records
- Prevent additional transfers to that payee
- Reduce operational and compliance risk

Once deleted, the payee cannot be used for future payouts unless recreated.



## OpenAPI

````yaml DELETE /api/user-api/payee/delete/{payee_id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: paywint
  version: 0.1.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.sandbox.paywint.com
  - url: https://api.paywint.com
security: []
paths:
  /api/user-api/payee/delete/{payee_id}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Developer API Payee
      summary: Delete Payee
      description: >-
        Delete a payee from your account.


        This endpoint allows you to:

        - Remove inactive or outdated beneficiaries

        - Maintain clean payout records

        - Prevent additional transfers to that payee

        - Reduce operational and compliance risk


        Once deleted, the payee cannot be used for future payouts unless
        recreated.
      operationId: delete_payee_api_user_api_payee_delete__payee_id__delete
      parameters:
        - name: payee_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
            description: Unique identifier (UUID) of the payee.
            title: Payee Id
          description: Unique identifier (UUID) of the payee.
          example: f47ac10b-****-****-****-0e02b2c3d479
        - name: X-Api-Key
          in: header
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            description: >-
              Your API Key (UUID format). Required to identify and authorize
              each request
            title: X-Api-Key
          description: >-
            Your API Key (UUID format). Required to identify and authorize each
            request
        - name: X-Api-Secret
          in: header
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            description: >-
              Secret associated with your API Key. Used for authenticating
              requests. Keep this secure.
            title: X-Api-Secret
          description: >-
            Secret associated with your API Key. Used for authenticating
            requests. Keep this secure.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommonResponse'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
components:
  schemas:
    CommonResponse:
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          title: Success
          description: Indicates whether the request was processed successfully.
          default: true
          example: true
        message:
          type: string
          title: Message
          description: >-
            A short, human-readable message describing the result of the
            request.
          default: Success
          example: Operation completed.
        data:
          anyOf:
            - {}
            - type: 'null'
          title: Data
          description: The main response payload, if applicable
        queryGeneratedTime:
          anyOf:
            - type: number
            - type: 'null'
          title: Querygeneratedtime
          description: >-
            The Unix timestamp (in seconds) indicating when the response was
            generated.
          default: 1778161546.973489
          example: 1718006400
      type: object
      title: CommonResponse
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
      type: object
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
      title: ValidationError

````