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# Delete a customer

> This endpoint deletes an existing customer.

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL
  LAGO_URL="https://api.getlago.com"
  API_KEY="__YOUR_API_KEY__"

  curl --location --request DELETE "$LAGO_URL/api/v1/customers/:external_id" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY"
  ```

  ```python Python
  from lago_python_client.client import Client
  from lago_python_client.exceptions import LagoApiError

  client = Client(api_key='__YOUR_API_KEY__')

  try:
      client.customers.destroy('external_id')
  except LagoApiError as e:
      repair_broken_state(e)  # do something on error or raise your own exception
  ```

  ```ruby Ruby
  require 'lago-ruby-client'

  client = Lago::Api::Client.new({api_key: '__YOUR_API_KEY__'})

  client.customers.destroy('external_id')
  ```

  ```js Javascript
  await client.customers.deleteCustomer('external_id')
  ```

  ```go Go
  import "fmt"
  import "github.com/getlago/lago-go-client"

  func main() {
  lagoClient := lago.New().
      SetApiKey("__YOUR_API_KEY__")

  customer, err := lagoClient.Customer().Delete("external_id")
  if err != nil {
      // Error is *lago.Error
      panic(err)
  }

  // customer is *lago.Customer
  fmt.Println(customer)
  }
  ```

  ```csharp C#
  using System.Collections.Generic;
  using System.Diagnostics;
  using Org.OpenAPITools.Api;
  using Org.OpenAPITools.Client;
  using Org.OpenAPITools.Model;

  namespace Example
  {
    public class DestroyCustomerExample
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            Configuration.Default.BasePath = "https://api.getlago.com/api/v1";
            // Configure HTTP bearer authorization: bearerAuth
            Configuration.Default.AccessToken = "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN";

            var apiInstance = new CustomersApi(Configuration.Default);
            var externalID = "external_id";  // string | External id of the existing customer

            try
            {
                // Delete a customer
                Customer result = apiInstance.DestroyCustomer(externalID);
                Debug.WriteLine(result);
            }
            catch (ApiException e)
            {
                Debug.Print("Exception when calling CustomersApi.DestroyCustomer: " + e.Message );
                Debug.Print("Status Code: "+ e.ErrorCode);
                Debug.Print(e.StackTrace);
            }
        }
    }
  }
  ```
</RequestExample>