close_account

Close client account.
Customer Type: Fully Disclosed, Non-Disclosed and Advisor-Clients.

Request Parameters

Name	Type	Description
Name	Type	Description
client_ib_acct_id	String	IBKR account ID of the advisor/broker client account requesting to be closed.
id	ID is a unique identifier which you create for each funding request.	ID cannot be reused ID must be established in sequential order ie 1, 2, 3, 4 or 100, 101, 102, 103 not 777, 589, 123 Max 10 digits for file ID Max 20 digits for counterparty transaction ID
close_reason	String	Reason for closing the IBKR Account.
method	ACHUS ACHCA WIRE	ACHUS includes: Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA) US Automated Clearing House (ACH). ACHCA: Canadian Electronic Funds Transfer WIRE: Electronic fund transfer through the fed wire system.
saved_instruction_name	String	Name of the previously created instruction.

XSD

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<xsd:complexType name="close_account" maxOccurs="unbounded" >
<xsd:sequence>
 <xsd:element name="account_number" type="string" maxOccurs="1" />
 <xsd:element name="id" type="Non-Negative-Integer " maxOccurs="1" />
 <xsd:element name="close_reason" type="string " maxOccurs="1" />
 <xsd:element name="withdrawal_info" usage="required if the account is funded" type="string " maxOccurs="1" />
     <xsd:attribute name="method" type="xsd:string" use="required">
     <xsd:attribute name="saved_instruction_name" type="xsd:string" use="required">
</xsd:sequence>

Sample

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Fully-Disclosed and Advisor-Clients

<?xml version="1" encoding="UTF-8"?><instruction_set
    xmlns="http://www.interactivebrokers.com/fbfb_instruction_set"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.interactivebrokers.com/fbfb_instruction_set fbfb_instruction_set.xsd "
    creation_date="2019-01-11" id="2" version="1.1">
    <close_account id="2450">
        <client_ib_acct_id>U1234567</client_ib_acct_id>
        <close_reason> No longer needed </close_reason>
        <withdrawal_info>
            <method>WIRE</method>
            <saved_instruction_name> Test Bank Instr. </saved_instruction_name>
        </withdrawal_info>
    </close_account>
</instruction_set>

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Non-Disclosed Clients

<?xml version="1" encoding="UTF-8"?><instruction_set
    xmlns="http://www.interactivebrokers.com/fbfb_instruction_set"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.interactivebrokers.com/fbfb_instruction_set fbfb_instruction_set.xsd "
    creation_date="2019-01-11" id="2" version="1.1">
    <close_account id="2450">
        <client_ib_acct_id>U1234567</client_ib_acct_id>
        <close_reason> No longer needed </close_reason>
    </close_account>
</instruction_set>

Response Parameters

Name	Type	Description
creation_date	YYYY-MM-DD	Date/Time which the file was processed by IBKR.
id	Id of the instruction to which this node is a response
instr_id	Id of the instruction to which this node is a response	ID is a unique identifier which you create for each funding request.
status	PENDING PROCESSED REJECTED	Current status of the instruction associated with the instr_id.
code	String	Error code- (included only if there is an error)
description	String	Description of the error (included only if there is an error)
ib_instr_id	String	ID defined by IBKR.

Sample

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<?xml version="1" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="true"?><instr_result_set creation_date="2020-04-09-04:00" version="1.2" id="2" xmlns="http://www.interactivebrokers.com/fbfb_result_set">
    <result>
        <instr_id>2</instr_id>
        <status>PENDING</status>
        <ib_instr_id>1</ib_instr_id>
        <code/>
        <description/>
    </result>
</instr_result_set>