Delete an account

A transaction that deletes an existing account from the Hedera network. Before deleting an account, the existing HBAR must be transferred to another account. Submitting a transaction to delete an account without assigning a beneficiary via setTransferAccountId() will result in a ACCOUNT_ID_DOES_NOT_EXIST error. Transfers cannot be made into a deleted account. A record of the deleted account will remain in the ledger until it expires. The expiration of a deleted account can be extended. The account that is being deleted is required to sign the transaction.

Note: The setTransferAccountId() method is required, regardless of whether the account has a zero balance.

Transaction Fees

Please see the transaction and query fees table for the base transaction fee.
Please use the Hedera fee estimator to estimate your transaction fee cost.

Transaction Signing Requirements

The account that is being deleted is required to sign the transaction.

Methods

Method	Type	Description	Requirement
`setAccountId(<accountId>)`	AccountId	The ID of the account to delete.	Required
`setTransferAccountId(<transferAccountId>)`	AccountId	The ID of the account to transfer the remaining funds to.	Required

//Create the transaction to delete an account
AccountDeleteTransaction transaction = new AccountDeleteTransaction()
    .setAccountId(accountId)
    .setTransferAccountId(OPERATOR_ID);

//Freeze the transaction for signing, sign with the private key of the account that will be deleted, sign with the operator key and submit to a Hedera network
TransactionResponse  txResponse = transaction.freezeWith(client).sign(newKey).execute(client);

//Request the receipt of the transaction
TransactionReceipt receipt = txResponse.getReceipt(client);

//Get the transaction consensus status
Status transactionStatus = receipt.status;

System.out.println("The transaction consensus status is " +transactionStatus);

//Create the transaction to delete an account
const transaction = await new AccountDeleteTransaction()
    .setAccountId(accountId)
    .setTransferAccountId(OPERATOR_ID)
    .freezeWith(client);

//Sign the transaction with the account key
const signTx = await transaction.sign(accountKey);

//Sign with the client operator private key and submit to a Hedera network
const txResponse = await signTx.execute(client);

//Request the receipt of the transaction
const receipt = await txResponse.getReceipt(client);

//Get the transaction consensus status
const transactionStatus = receipt.status;

console.log("The transaction consensus status is " +transactionStatus);

//2.0.5

//Create the transaction to delete an account, freeze the transaction for signing
transaction, err := hedera.NewAccountDeleteTransaction().
        SetAccountID(newAccountID).
        SetTransferAccountID(operatorAccountID).
        FreezeWith(client)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

//Sign with the private key of the account that will be deleted, sign with the operator key and submit to a Hedera network
txResponse, err := transaction.Sign(accountKey).Execute(client)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

//Request the receipt of the transaction
receipt, err := txResponse.GetReceipt(client)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

//Get the transaction consensus status
transactionStatus := receipt.Status

fmt.Printf("The transaction consensus status is %v\n", transactionStatus)

//v2.0.0

// Create the transaction to delete an account
let transaction = AccountDeleteTransaction::new()
    .account_id(account_id)
    .transfer_account_id(operator_id);

// Freeze the transaction for signing, sign with the private key of the account that will be deleted
let tx_response = transaction
    .freeze_with(&client)?
    .sign(account_key)
    .execute(&client)
    .await?;

// Request the receipt of the transaction
let receipt = tx_response.get_receipt(&client).await?;

// Get the transaction consensus status
let status = receipt.status;

println!("The transaction consensus status is {:?}", status);

// v0.34.0

Get transaction values

Method	Type	Description
`getAccountId(<accountId>)`	AccountId	The account to delete
`getTransferAccountId(<transferAccountId>)`	AccountId	The account to transfer the remaining funds to

//Create the transaction to delete an account
AccountDeleteTransaction transaction = new AccountDeleteTransaction()
    .setAccountId(newAccountId)
    .setTransferAccountId(OPERATOR_ID);

//Get the account ID from the transaction
AccountId transactionAccountId = transaction.getAccountId()

System.out.println("The account to be deleted in this transaction is " +transactionAccountId)

//v2.0.0

//Create the transaction to delete an account
const transaction = new AccountDeleteTransaction()
    .setAccountId(newAccountId)
    .setTransferAccountId(OPERATOR_ID);

//Get the account ID from the transaction
const transactionAccountId = transaction.getAccountId()

console.log("The account to be deleted in this transaction is " +transactionAccountId)

//Create the transaction to delete an account
transaction, err := hedera.NewAccountDeleteTransaction().
        SetAccountID(newAccountID).
        SetTransferAccountID(operatorAccountID)

//Get the account ID from the transaction
transactionAccountId := transaction.GetAccountID()

//v2.0.0

Delete an allowance Get account balance

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