# Disconnect a Financial Connections account

Use the Disconnect API to unlink customer bank accounts.

Disconnect a user’s [Financial Connections Account](https://docs.stripe.com/api/financial_connections/accounts/object.md) if you no longer need data access or if your user writes into you requesting disconnection. Alternatively, your users can [disconnect their accounts themselves](https://support.stripe.com/user/how-do-i-disconnect-my-linked-financial-account).

Although you can’t refresh data on a disconnected account, you can access previously refreshed account data. Disconnecting an account only removes your ability to refresh data; it doesn’t cause any associated [PaymentMethods](https://docs.stripe.com/api/payment_methods.md) to become unusable.

To regain access to new account data, your user needs to re-authenticate their account through the [authentication flow](https://docs.stripe.com/financial-connections/fundamentals.md#authentication-flow).

## Disconnect a Financial Connections account 

To disconnect an account, use the [disconnect API](https://docs.stripe.com/api/financial_connections/accounts/disconnect.md):

```dotnet
StripeConfiguration.ApiKey = "<<secret key>>";

var service = new Stripe.FinancialConnections.AccountService();
Stripe.FinancialConnections.Account account = service.Disconnect("<<financialConnectionsAccount>>");
```

```go
stripe.Key = "<<secret key>>"

params := &stripe.FinancialConnectionsAccountDisconnectParams{};
result, err := account.Disconnect("<<financialConnectionsAccount>>", params);
```

```java
Stripe.apiKey = "<<secret key>>";

Account resource = Account.retrieve("<<financialConnectionsAccount>>");

AccountDisconnectParams params = AccountDisconnectParams.builder().build();

Account account = resource.disconnect(params);
```

```node
const stripe = require('stripe')('<<secret key>>');

const account = await stripe.financialConnections.accounts.disconnect(
  '<<financialConnectionsAccount>>'
);
```

```python
import stripe
stripe.api_key = "<<secret key>>"

account =
stripe.financial_connections.Account.disconnect("<<financialConnectionsAccount>>")
```

```php
$stripe = new \Stripe\StripeClient('<<secret key>>');

$account = $stripe->financialConnections->accounts->disconnect(
  '<<financialConnectionsAccount>>',
  []
);
```

```ruby
Stripe.api_key = '<<secret key>>'

account = Stripe::FinancialConnections::Account.disconnect('<<financialConnectionsAccount>>')
```

This request returns the account with an updated `status` to reflect the successful disconnection.

```json
{
  "id": "fca_zbyrdjTrwcYZJZc6WBs6GPid",
  "object": "financial_connections.account",
  "account_holder": {
    "customer": "cus_NfjonN9919dELB",
    "type": "customer"
  },
  "institution_name": "PNC Bank",
  "status": "disconnected",
  // ...
}
```

After account disconnection, Stripe emits a `financial_connections.account.disconnected` *webhook*.