API ReferenceLicenses
Deactivate a license instance
Remove one device or installation from a license.
Deactivation requires Idempotency-Key, so a lost network response is safe to retry with the same key and identical body. The response does not reveal the raw license key.
Authorization
bearerAuth storeAuth AuthorizationBearer <token>
Provide your SellApp API key as a bearer token.
In: header
X-STORE<token>
Select the SellApp store for this API request.
In: header
Header Parameters
Idempotency-Key*string
Reuse this key only for an identical retry. A replay returns Idempotent-Replayed: true.
Length
8 <= length <= 255Request Body
application/json
TypeScript Definitions
Use the request body type in TypeScript.
Response Body
application/json
application/json
application/json
application/json
application/json
application/json
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curl -X POST "https://sell.app/api/v2/licenses/deactivate" \ -H "Idempotency-Key: founder-memo-2026-09-04" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "license_key": "SELL-FOUNDER-REDACTED", "instance_id": "laptop-natya" }'{
"data": {
"deactivated": true,
"instance_id": "laptop-natya"
}
}{
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"code": "bad_request",
"message": "The request could not be understood.",
"status": 400,
"param": null,
"request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
"docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#bad-request"
}{
"type": "authentication_error",
"code": "unauthenticated",
"message": "Unauthenticated.",
"status": 401,
"param": null,
"request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
"docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#unauthenticated"
}{
"type": "authorization_error",
"code": "forbidden",
"message": "This action is unauthorized.",
"status": 403,
"param": null,
"request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
"docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#forbidden"
}{
"type": "not_found_error",
"code": "resource_not_found",
"message": "Not Found.",
"status": 404,
"param": null,
"request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
"docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#resource-not-found"
}{
"type": "conflict_error",
"code": "conflict",
"message": "The resource state changed before this request.",
"status": 409,
"param": null,
"request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
"docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#conflict"
}{
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"code": "cursor_expired",
"message": "This cursor has expired. Start again without a cursor.",
"status": 410,
"param": "cursor",
"request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
"docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#cursor-expired"
}{
"type": "validation_error",
"code": "validation_failed",
"message": "The selected product variant id is invalid.",
"status": 422,
"param": "product_variant_id",
"request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
"docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#validation-failed",
"errors": {
"product_variant_id": [
"The selected product variant id is invalid."
]
}
}{
"type": "rate_limit_error",
"code": "rate_limit_exceeded",
"message": "Too Many Attempts.",
"status": 429,
"param": null,
"request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
"docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#rate-limit-exceeded"
}{
"type": "api_error",
"code": "api_error",
"message": "Server Error",
"status": 500,
"param": null,
"request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
"docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#api-error"
}