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.
Provide your SellApp API key as a bearer token.
In: header
Header Parameters
Reuse this key only for an identical retry. A replay returns Idempotent-Replayed: true.
8 <= length <= 255Store slug. Required for OAuth access tokens. API keys may omit it to use their current store, or the first accessible store when no current store is selected.
Request Body
application/json
TypeScript Definitions
Use the request body type in TypeScript.
Response Body
application/json
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curl -X POST "https://sell.app/api/v2/licenses/deactivate" \ -H "Idempotency-Key: project-library-2026-09-04" \ -H "X-STORE: launch-lab" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "license_key": "SELL-LICENSE-REDACTED", "instance_id": "laptop-maya" }'{
"data": {
"deactivated": true,
"instance_id": "laptop-maya"
}
}{
"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"
}