Delete Account

Please note that some data generated by the account (e.g. activity logs and transaction history) may be retained. You can view Webshare Privacy Policy (opens in a new tab) for more information on how your data is processed by Webshare.

This endpoint deletes your Webshare account.

Delete Account Request

This API endpoint requires a recaptcha validation. This means that you should not be using this API endpoint programmatically and only use it from the Webshare Dashboard.

POST https://proxy.webshare.io/api/v2/deleteaccount/

Parameter	Type	Description
`password`	`string`	Password of the user.
`recaptcha`	`string`	The recaptcha token (can be invisible recaptcha).

If request is successful, the API deletes the user. A successful request returns 204 response

Request & Response

delete_account.py

import requests
 
response = requests.post(
"https://proxy.webshare.io/api/v2/deleteaccount/",
json={
"password": "newpassword1234",
"recaptcha": "..."
},
headers={"Authorization": "Token "}
)
assert response.status_code == 204

the above command returns empty response with 204 No Content

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Account deleted

If your account is deleted, all API requests will start returning the 403 Forbidden status with the following error message.

HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
 
{
  "detail": "Your account is deleted.",
  "code": "account_deleted"
}

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