# Deactivate a Financial Instrument (v3)

Deactivate a financial instrument of an Identity.
Deactivation is permanent and prevents further use in payments.
Historical versions remain available for audit.

Endpoint: DELETE /v3/identities/{identity-id}/financial-instruments/{financial-instrument-id}
Version: 2026.04
Security: Bearer

## Path parameters:

  - `identity-id` (string, required)
    The unique ID of the identity.
    Example: "2f4ac57f-c5ba-4051-b51f-b3565778717b"

  - `financial-instrument-id` (string, required)
    The ID of the financial instrument to deactivate.
    Example: "c7e2f5b4-d1a2-4c3a-9e1b-4d5c6f7e8a9d"

## Response 400 fields (application/json):

  - `status` (integer, required)
    The HTTP status code of the error
    Example: 404

  - `errors` (array, required)

  - `errors.code` (string, required)
    Unique identifier of an error
    Example: "SYS_100"

  - `errors.title` (string, required)
    Error message providing a brief summary of the error
    Example: "No identity exists for identityId"

  - `errors.type` (string, required)
    Identifies the problem type
    Example: "USER_VALIDATION_ERROR"

  - `errors.description` (string, required)
    Provides more technical information
    Example: "Unable to get identity. Identity ID should be in UUID format"

  - `errors.timestamp` (string, required)
    The time when this error occurred, specified in UTC.
    Example: "2023-11-02T18:26:00.000123Z"

  - `timestamp` (string)
    The timestamp of the error
    Example: "2023-11-02T18:26:00.000Z"


## Response 204 fields