# Cancel refund instruction

`DELETE /refund-instructions/{refundInstructionId}`

Use this method to cancel a refund instruction.  

You can cancel a refund instruction only if its status is `inProgress`. To retrieve the status of a refund instruction, use our [Retrieve Refund Instruction](https://docs.payroc.com/api/schema/payroc-cloud/refund-instructions/retrieve) method.  

To cancel a refund instruction, you need its refundInstructionId. Our gateway returned the refundInstructionId in the response of the [Submit Refund Instruction](https://docs.payroc.com/api/schema/payroc-cloud/refund-instructions/submit) method.