xrpl-dev-portal/_code-samples/delete-account/py

Delete Account (Python)

Python sample code showing how to delete an account from the XRP Ledger.

Setup

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

If you run the script by default, it gets an account from the faucet and outputs the details to the console. Example:

$ python delete-account.py 
Got new account from faucet:
    Address: rNqLzC9pVbphwwpTBNPjpx14QSauHH3kzv
    Seed: sEdTNEJgK3cVshBEakfVic4MMtWCETY

Edit the .env file to add this seed, then wait until the account can be deleted.
Account is too new to be deleted.
    Account sequence + 255: 15226905
    Validated ledger index: 15226649
    (Sequence + 255 must be less than or equal to the ledger index)
Estimate: 15 minutes until account can be deleted
OK: Account owner count (0) is low enough.
OK: Account balance (100000000 drops) is high enough.
A total of 1 problem(s) prevent the account from being deleted.

Edit the .env file to add the seed of the account to delete. For example:

# Replace the seed with the seed of the account to delete.
ACCOUNT_SEED=sEdTNEJgK3cVshBEakfVic4MMtWCETY
# Change to secp256k1 if you generated the seed with that algorithm
ACCOUNT_ALGORITHM=ed25519

Then run the script again:

python delete-account.py