Update a sub-account

Activates or deactivates a sub-account. Deactivation causes every API key belonging to the sub-account to return 401, while retaining its data and keys. Re-enabling restores access.

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.

Path parameters

idstringRequired

Sub-account ID

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

enabledbooleanRequired

Response

sub-account updated

objectenum

idstringformat: "uuid"

namestring

external_idstring or null

Idempotency key supplied by the parent account, unique within that parent

enabledboolean

productslist of strings

created_atdatetime

Errors

403

Update Sub Account Request Forbidden Error

404

Update Sub Account Request Not Found Error

$	curl -X PATCH https://api.middesk.com/v1/sub_accounts/id \
>	-H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>	-d '{
>	"enabled": false
>	}'

1	{
2	"object": "sub_account",
3	"id": "8c0d8bd1-9ea8-4ae7-bf3e-7f6bd94a1de7",
4	"name": "Acme Corp",
5	"external_id": "ext-123",
6	"enabled": false,
7	"products": [
8	"identity"
9	],
10	"created_at": "2026-08-17T19:00:00Z"
11	}