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# Decommission a registered blockchain address

> Permanently retires a registered address so the alias no longer resolves to it. This cannot be undone — to stop an address temporarily, suspend it through the update endpoint instead.



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://sandbox-api.borderless.xyz/v1/api-json delete /v1/mastercard/crypto-credential/crypto-addresses/{cryptoAddressId}
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Borderless API
  description: The Borderless API documentation.
  version: '1.0'
  contact: {}
servers:
  - url: https://sandbox-api.borderless.xyz
security: []
tags: []
paths:
  /v1/mastercard/crypto-credential/crypto-addresses/{cryptoAddressId}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Mastercard Crypto Credential
      summary: Decommission a registered blockchain address
      description: >-
        Permanently retires a registered address so the alias no longer resolves
        to it. This cannot be undone — to stop an address temporarily, suspend
        it through the update endpoint instead.
      operationId: CryptoCredentialController_decommissionCryptoAddress
      parameters:
        - name: cryptoAddressId
          required: true
          in: path
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Crypto address decommissioned successfully.
      security:
        - bearer: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearer:
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      type: http

````