---
title: "Delete our record of a payment method, leaving the gateway's copy"
description: "Removes the payment method here only; the instrument stays in the gateway vault (and is recorded in the audit log as still chargeable there)."
canonical_url: "https://twominutebilling.com/help/developers/api-reference/payment-methods/delete-our-record-of-a-payment-method"
---
# Delete our record of a payment method, leaving the gateway's copy

> Removes the payment method here only; the instrument stays in the gateway vault (and is recorded in the audit log as still chargeable there).

<api-operation method="POST" path="/v1/businesses/{biz}/customers/{cus}/payment_methods/{pm}/delete_local">
<template v-slot:docs="">

Refused with 409 while a live subscription pays with it or a payment on it is pending.

## Path parameters

<table>
<thead>
  <tr>
    <th>
      Parameter
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Type
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Required
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Description
    </th>
  </tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        biz
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        string
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <strong>
        yes
      </strong>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      Business id (biz_…)
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        cus
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        string
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <strong>
        yes
      </strong>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      Customer id (cus_…)
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        pm
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        string
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <strong>
        yes
      </strong>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      The payment method's id (pm_…).
    </td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

## Headers

<table>
<thead>
  <tr>
    <th>
      Parameter
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Type
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Required
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Description
    </th>
  </tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        Idempotency-Key
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        string
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      no
    </td>
    
    <td>
      Safely retry writes — repeats return the original response. If a write FAILED after it had already taken effect, that failure is what repeats: the key is spent, and a new attempt needs a new key.
    </td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

## Response

<table>
<thead>
  <tr>
    <th>
      Field
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Type
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Description
    </th>
  </tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        object
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        string
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      The object type; always <code>
        payment_method
      </code>
      
      . One of <code>
        payment_method
      </code>
      
      .
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        id
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        string
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      The payment method id.
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        deleted
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        boolean
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      Always true.
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        deleted_locally
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        boolean
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      True only when we removed our record and left the gateway's copy.
    </td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

## Status codes

<table>
<thead>
  <tr>
    <th>
      Status
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Meaning
    </th>
  </tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        200
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      Deleted locally
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        404
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      No such payment method
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        409
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      In use by a subscription or a pending payment
    </td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</template>

<template v-slot:request="">

```bash [Request]
curl -X POST "$TMBILLING_URL/v1/businesses/biz_XXXXXXXXXXXX01/customers/cus_XXXXXXXXXXXX01/payment_methods/pm_XXXXXXXXXXXX01/delete_local" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TMBILLING_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)"
```

</template>

<template v-slot:response="">
<code-group>

```json [200 OK]
{
  "object": "payment_method",
  "id": "pm_XXXXXXXXXXXX01",
  "deleted": false,
  "deleted_locally": false
}
```

```json [404 Not Found]
{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "message": "No such payment method"
  }
}
```

```json [409 Conflict]
{
  "error": {
    "type": "conflict_error",
    "message": "In use by a subscription or a pending payment"
  }
}
```

</code-group>
</template>
</api-operation>


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