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The PayPal REST API documentation shows how to store a credit card and how to use a stored credit card, but I don't see anything about deleting a stored credit card. Of course, I can simply delete the card ID from my database, but I feel like this is slightly misleading to the customer, who may not realize that their information will be stored indefinitely on PayPal's servers. How is this typically handled?

David Jones
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David, you currently can't delete a stored credit card. However, stay tuned for some credit card storage updates that are coming soon.

JatinB
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  • Are you a PayPal employee? – David Jones May 16 '13 at 21:53
  • Soon as in a few days, or soon as in soon(tm)? http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=soon%20(tm) – David Jones May 16 '13 at 21:56
  • @David soon as in live in production now and documented shortly. :) And yes, both Jatin and I are PayPal employees. – Josh Bleecher Snyder May 17 '13 at 13:28
  • Awesome. Thanks guys! This really helped us in making a few important decisions about our application. – David Jones May 17 '13 at 16:00
  • @David sorry, I was misinformed. It's not in production, it's approved for production. It'll be live within a couple of weeks, though. So genuinely soon, not soon(tm). Sorry again. – Josh Bleecher Snyder May 17 '13 at 18:17
  • @David Just wanted to follow up with you and let you know that the ability to delete stored credit cards is now live: https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/api/#delete-a-stored-credit-card – JatinB May 31 '13 at 01:38