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# Deleting Access Codes

> Learn how to delete your access codes, and ensure that the code is successfully removed from the device.

## 1. Delete the access code using the API

To delete an access code, specify the desired `access_code_id` in the [Delete Access Code](/api/access_codes/delete) request.

**Code:**

<CodeGroup>
  ```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
  await seam.accessCodes.delete({
    access_code_id: '11111111-1111-1111-1111-555555555555',
  })
  ```

  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X 'POST' \
    'https://connect.getseam.com/access_codes/delete' \
    -H 'accept: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${SEAM_API_KEY}" \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -d '{
    "access_code_id": "11111111-1111-1111-1111-555555555555"
  }'
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  seam.access_codes.delete(
    access_code_id="11111111-1111-1111-1111-555555555555"
  )
  ```

  ```ruby Ruby theme={null}
  client.access_codes.delete(
    access_code_id: "11111111-1111-1111-1111-555555555555"
  )
  ```

  ```php PHP theme={null}
  $seam->access_codes->delete(
    access_code_id: "11111111-1111-1111-1111-555555555555"
  );
  ```

  ```csharp C# theme={null}
  seam.AccessCodes.Delete(
    accessCodeId: "11111111-1111-1111-1111-555555555555"
  );
  ```
</CodeGroup>

**Output:**

<CodeGroup>
  ```json JavaScript theme={null}
  void
  ```

  ```json cURL theme={null}
  {
    "ok": true
  }
  ```

  ```json Python theme={null}
  None
  ```

  ```json Ruby theme={null}
  void
  ```

  ```json PHP theme={null}
  void
  ```

  ```json C# theme={null}
  void
  ```
</CodeGroup>

***

## 2. Verify that the access code has been removed

Poll for or configure a [webhook](../../../developer-tools/webhooks) to listen for an `access_code.deleted` or `access_code.removed_from_device` event containing the `access_code_id` of the access code that you've deleted. Note that if you delete an access code that was never programmed onto a device, Seam does not emit an `access_code.removed_from_device` event for this access code.

If you receive `access_code.failed_to_remove_from_device` or `access_code.delay_in_removing_from_device` events, see [Troubleshooting Access Code Issues](/low-level-apis/smart-locks/access-codes/troubleshooting-access-code-issues).