Cancel a transfer | Moov Documentation

Cancel a transfer

Initiate a cancellation for a card, ACH, or queued transfer.

To access this endpoint using a token you'll need to specify the /accounts/{accountID}/transfers.write scope.

Request

Method

POST

Endpoint

/accounts/{accountID}/transfers/{transferID}/cancellations

CURL Example

curl -X POST "https://api.moov.io/accounts/{accountID}/transfers/{transferID}/cancellations" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}" \
  -H "X-Moov-Version: v2026.04.00"

Go Example

mc, _ := moov.NewClient()

var accountID string // facilitator ID
var transferID string

mc.CancelTransfer(ctx, accountID, transferID)

TypeScript Example

import { Moov } from "@moovio/sdk";

const moov = new Moov({
  security: {
    username: "",
    password: "",
  },
});

async function run() {
  const result = await moov.transfers.createCancellation({
    accountID: "10ae862c-6658-4f87-967d-46e995737204",
    transferID: "36c80a6c-ceb2-4e5d-a437-8a39afdfdc58",
  });

console.log(result);
}

run();

PHP Example

declare(strict_types=1);

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Moov\MoovPhp;
use Moov\MoovPhp\Models\Components;

$sdk = MoovPhp\Moov::builder()
    ->setSecurity(
        new Components\Security(
            username: '',
            password: '',
        )
    )
    ->build();

$response = $sdk->transfers->createCancellation(
    accountID: '10ae862c-6658-4f87-967d-46e995737204',
    transferID: '36c80a6c-ceb2-4e5d-a437-8a39afdfdc58'
);

if ($response->cancellation !== null) {
    // handle response
}

Java Example

package hello.world;

import io.moov.sdk.Moov;
import io.moov.sdk.models.components.Security;
import io.moov.sdk.models.errors.GenericError;
import io.moov.sdk.models.operations.CreateCancellationResponse;
import java.lang.Exception;

public class Application {

public static void main(String[] args) throws GenericError, Exception {

Moov sdk = Moov.builder()
                .security(Security.builder()
                    .username("")
                    .password("")
                    .build())
            .build();

CreateCancellationResponse res = sdk.transfers().createCancellation()
                .accountID("10ae862c-6658-4f87-967d-46e995737204")
                .transferID("36c80a6c-ceb2-4e5d-a437-8a39afdfdc58")
                .call();

if (res.cancellation().isPresent()) {
            System.out.println(res.cancellation().get());
        }
    }
}

Python Example

from moovio_sdk import Moov
from moovio_sdk.models import components

with Moov(
    security=components.Security(
        username="",
        password="",
    ),
) as moov:

res = moov.transfers.create_cancellation(account_id="10ae862c-6658-4f87-967d-46e995737204", transfer_id="36c80a6c-ceb2-4e5d-a437-8a39afdfdc58")

# Handle response
    print(res)

Ruby Example

require 'moov_ruby'

Models = ::Moov::Models
s = ::Moov::Client.new(
  security: Models::Components::Security.new(
    username: '',
    password: ''
  )
)
res = s.transfers.create_cancellation(account_id: '10ae862c-6658-4f87-967d-46e995737204', transfer_id: '36c80a6c-ceb2-4e5d-a437-8a39afdfdc58')

unless res.cancellation.nil?
  # handle response
end

C# Example

using Moov.Sdk;
using Moov.Sdk.Models.Components;

var sdk = new MoovClient(security: new Security() {
    Username = "",
    Password = "",
});

var res = await sdk.Transfers.CreateCancellationAsync(
    accountID: "10ae862c-6658-4f87-967d-46e995737204",
    transferID: "36c80a6c-ceb2-4e5d-a437-8a39afdfdc58"
);

// handle response

Response

The request completed successfully.