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DELETE
/
networks
/
{network}
/
validators
/
{validatorId}
Delete Canton Validator
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.dfns.io/networks/{network}/validators/{validatorId} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'X-DFNS-USERACTION: <api-key>'
{
  "id": "cv-7jeof-m584r-p35ucm37ko3cqgts",
  "orgId": "or-30tnh-itmjs-s235s5ontr3r23h2",
  "network": "Canton",
  "kind": "Shared",
  "dateCreated": "<string>",
  "partyHint": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>"
}

​
Authentication

✅ Organization User (CustomerEmployee)
❌ Delegated User (EndUser)
✅ Service Account

​
Required Permissions

Networks:CantonValidators:Delete: Always required.

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer Token: Used to authenticate API requests. More details how to generate the token: Authentication flows

​
X-DFNS-USERACTION
string
header
required

User Action Signature: Used to sign the change-inducing API requests. More details how to generate the token: User Action Signing flows

Path Parameters

​
network
enum<string>
required
Available options:
canton,
canton-devnet,
canton-testnet
​
validatorId
string
required
Required string length: 1 - 64
Pattern: ^cv-[a-z0-9]{5}-[a-z0-9]{5}-[a-z0-9]{14,16}$

Response

200 - application/json

Success

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id
string
required
Required string length: 1 - 64
Pattern: ^cv-[a-z0-9]{5}-[a-z0-9]{5}-[a-z0-9]{14,16}$
Example:

"cv-7jeof-m584r-p35ucm37ko3cqgts"

​
orgId
string
required

Organization id.

Required string length: 1 - 64
Pattern: ^or-[a-z0-9]{5}-[a-z0-9]{5}-[a-z0-9]{14,16}$
Example:

"or-30tnh-itmjs-s235s5ontr3r23h2"

​
network
enum<string>
required
Available options:
Canton,
CantonDevnet,
CantonTestnet
​
kind
enum<string>
required
Available options:
Shared,
Custom
​
dateCreated
string
required
​
partyHint
string
required
​
name
string
Last modified on February 26, 2026