Disable card

POST

/v2/cards/{card_id}/disable

Disables the card, preventing any further updates or charges.

Disabling an already disabled card is allowed but has no effect.

Permissions:PAYMENTS_WRITE

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card_id

string

Required

Unique ID for the desired Card.

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Request body

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Response fields

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errors

Information on errors encountered during the request.

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card

The retrieved card.

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Examples

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POST /v2/cards/{card_id}/disable

curl https://connect.squareup.com/v2/cards/ccof%3AuIbfJXhXETSP197M3GB/disable \
  -X POST \
  -H 'Square-Version: 2025-06-18' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{}'

Response JSON

{
  "card": {
    "id": "ccof:uIbfJXhXETSP197M3GB",
    "billing_address": {
      "address_line_1": "500 Electric Ave",
      "address_line_2": "Suite 600",
      "locality": "New York",
      "administrative_district_level_1": "NY",
      "postal_code": "10003",
      "country": "US"
    },
    "fingerprint": "ex-p-cs80EK9Flz7LsCMv-szbptQ_ssAGrhemzSTsPFgt9nzyE6t7okiLIQc-qw_quqKX4Q",
    "bin": "411111",
    "card_brand": "VISA",
    "card_type": "CREDIT",
    "cardholder_name": "Amelia Earhart",
    "customer_id": "VDKXEEKPJN48QDG3BGGFAK05P8",
    "enabled": false,
    "exp_month": 11,
    "exp_year": 2022,
    "last_4": "1111",
    "merchant_id": "6SSW7HV8K2ST5",
    "prepaid_type": "NOT_PREPAID",
    "reference_id": "user-id-1",
    "hsa_fsa": false,
    "version": 2
  }
}