# Cancel Transfer

<mark style="color:red;">**`DELETE`**</mark> `https://api.sfox.com/v1/enterprise/transfer/:transfer_id`

Once a `Payment` transfer has been initiated, the funds for that transfer will be on hold until processed or canceled. To cancel a transfer, use this endpoint to release those funds being held and to cancel the processing of the transfer.

### Path Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="256">Name</th><th width="95">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>transfer_id</code> <mark style="color:red;">required</mark></td><td>string</td><td>Partner generated transfer and idempotency ID</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Responses

<details>

<summary><mark style="color:green;"><strong>200 OK</strong></mark></summary>

```json
{
    "data": {
        "success": true
    }
}
```

</details>

<details>

<summary><mark style="color:red;"><strong>422 Unprocessable Content</strong></mark></summary>

```json
{
    "error": "Transfer with transfer_id 7735757c-863e-4e07-9b84-af186424ebae not found."
}
```

```json
{
    "error": "Funds transfer is not pending verification."
}
```

</details>

### Example Requests

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Shell" %}

```bash
curl -X DELETE \
 -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ENTERPRISE_API_KEY}" \
 'https://api.sfox.com/v1/enterprise/transfer/7735757c-863e-4e07-9b84-af186424ebae'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="NodeJS" %}

```javascript
const axios = require('axios');

const config = {
  method: 'delete',
  url: 'https://api.sfox.com/v1/enterprise/transfer/7735757c-863e-4e07-9b84-af186424ebae',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.ENTERPRISE_API_KEY}`
  }
}

axios(config)
    .then((response) => {
      console.log(response.status)
      console.log(response.data)
    })
    .catch((err) => {
      console.error(err.response.status)
      console.error(err.response.data)
    });
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests
import os

data = requests.delete(
  "https://api.sfox.com/v1/enterprise/transfer/confirm/7735757c-863e-4e07-9b84-af186424ebae",
  headers={
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['ENTERPRISE_API_KEY']}"
  }
)
print(data.status_code)
print(data.json())
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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