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Delete Category

DELETE
/v1/households/{household_id}/categories/{category_id}

Deletes a category and makes its associated transactions uncategorized, including transactions on deleted accounts. The transactions themselves are retained.

Also removes the category from rule conditions and actions and deletes rules left without criteria or actions. Returns 204 with no response body.

Authorization

PersonalApiToken
AuthorizationBearer <token>

Use your personal API token (penny_pat_…) as the bearer credential. Enter the token only; the client adds the Bearer prefix. Read-only tokens permit read requests. Read/write tokens remain limited by your current household membership and role. See https://penny.finance/docs/api#authentication for setup.

In: header

Path Parameters

household_id*Household Id
category_id*Category Id

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X DELETE "https://example.com/v1/households/string/categories/string"
Empty