# Delete an issuer

Source: https://developer.avalara.com/products/avalara-1099-and-w9/integration-guides/1099-and-w-9/tup2500938566427/

Guide: 1099 & W-9

# Delete an issuer

Learn how to delete an issuer and understand the conditions and responses for this operation.

**Endpoint**: `DELETE /1099/issuers/{id}`

**Use case**:

Use this endpoint to delete an issuer. This operation can’t be reversed and will also delete all forms that you created under the issuer.

Note

You can only delete issuers whose forms haven't been submitted to the federal entity yet. If the issuer has at least 1 form that has been submitted already, then this operation will return an error.

**Sample response**

-   204 No Content on success
-   404 Not Found if the issuer ID doesn’t exist