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Inventory Manager API · accounts

Remove an account from the chart, answering with the account as it was

DELETE /accounts/{accountId}

Refused with 409 AccountInUse while any SKU posts to it and 409 DefaultAccountProtected for a role's default account — an account in use is never removed — and 409 AccountManagedByApp for one a ledger app keeps. Appends inventory.account-deleted. Needs the admin job. Idempotent: a retry meets 404 and appends nothing.

Access

Requires settings:write.

How scopes come from roles: Scopes and roles. Getting a token: Authentication and app tokens.

Retries

Idempotent: a retry meets 404 and appends nothing.

A retry with the same key answers 200, with what the first call recorded.

Why every write carries a key: Idempotency and retries.

Facts appended

  • inventory.account-deleted

What a fact is: Facts and the journal.

AI agent tool

Agents call this as accounting_delete_account (Accounting: Delete account), in the accounting toolset. It is marked destructive, so the agent asks before running it.

Connecting an agent: AI agents.

Example

curl 
curl -X DELETE 'https://inventory.getmanifold.io/accounts/acct_01a161c4-0a00-72db-a577-07bcb2a24026' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MANIFOLD_TOKEN"
JavaScript (fetch) 
const response = await fetch("https://inventory.getmanifold.io/accounts/acct_01a161c4-0a00-72db-a577-07bcb2a24026", {
  method: "DELETE",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MANIFOLD_TOKEN}` },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const answer = await response.json();
Response · 200 · application/json 
{
  "id": "acct_01a161c4-0a00-72db-a577-07bcb2a24026",
  "code": "4010",
  "name": "Wholesale sales",
  "description": "Income from trade customers.",
  "createdAt": "2026-10-22T04:00:00.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-22T04:00:00.000Z"
}

The panel writes this call in other languages. It does not send it: Manifold's APIs do not take calls from a web page on another site, so run the call from your own code or terminal. The whole API as OpenAPI: inventory-manager.openapi.json. Base URL https://inventory.getmanifold.io.

Errors

Every refusal is a status and a JSON body whose _tag names it. A refused call changes nothing.

401

RefusalWhat it meansWhat to do
Unauthorized reason The token is missing, expired or not one Manifold issued.Get a fresh token and send the call again.
TokenAlreadyUsed tokenId A single-use app token was already spent.Mint a new token for this call.

402

RefusalWhat it meansWhat to do
SubscriptionRequired status The organization's subscription has lapsed, so writes are refused.An owner settles billing. Reads still work meanwhile.

403

RefusalWhat it meansWhat to do
TenantRequired userId The token names no organization.Choose the organization, then get a new token.
ScopeRequired required The token's roles do not grant the scope this call needs.Ask an owner or admin for a role that grants it.

404

RefusalWhat it meansWhat to do
ChartAccountNotFound accountId No such record in this organization.Check the id in the path or the body.

409

RefusalWhat it meansWhat to do
AccountInUse accountId, code, skus SKUs still post to this account. skus names them.Move those SKUs to another account first.
DefaultAccountProtected accountId, code, roles This is one of the chart's default accounts, which every organization keeps.Change its name or code instead.
AccountManagedByApp accountId, code, appId A ledger app keeps this account. appId names it.Change it in the accounting software the app connects.
MirroredFromSource source This area is fed by your source system until the organization goes live.Make the change in the source system, or go live first.

503

RefusalWhat it meansWhat to do
RequestLogUnavailable tokenId, reason The service could not record the request, so it did nothing.Send the same request again, with the same key.

How refusals work everywhere: Errors.

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