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Delete Cart

DELETE
https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/:store_hash/v3/carts/:cartId
DELETE
/stores/:store_hash/v3/carts/:cartId
$curl -X DELETE https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/store_hash/v3/carts/cartId \
>     -H "Accept: application/json" \
>     -H "X-Auth-Token: <apiKey>"

Deletes a Cart. Once a Cart has been deleted it can’t be recovered.

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Authentication

X-Auth-Tokenstring

OAuth scopes

UI NamePermissionParameter
Cartsmodifystore_cart
Cartsread-onlystore_cart_read_only
Information & Settingsmodifystore_v2_information
Information & Settingsread-onlystore_v2_information

Authentication header

HeaderArgumentDescription
X-Auth-Tokenaccess_tokenFor more about API accounts that generate access_tokens, see our Guide to API Accounts.

Further reading

For example requests and more information about authenticating BigCommerce APIs, see Authentication and Example Requests.

For more about BigCommerce OAuth scopes, see our Guide to API Accounts.

For a list of API status codes, see API Status Codes.

Path parameters

cartIdstringRequiredformat: "UUID"
The identifier of a specific cart.
store_hashstringRequired
Permanent ID of the BigCommerce store.

Headers

AcceptstringRequiredDefaults to application/json

The MIME type of the response body.

Response