01What
Removes a credential from the ledger. The issuer or the subject can delete it anytime; once expired, anyone can clear it away.
02Why you'd use it
Credentials get revoked (issuer side), disowned (subject side), or simply expire and need cleanup — and deletion frees the reserve.
03How
- 1Enter the Credential Type (like KYC).
- 2If you are the issuer revoking, enter the Subject Address; if you are the subject removing it, enter the Issuer Address.
- 3Submit and confirm tesSUCCESS — the credential is gone and its reserve is released.
Watch out
- Issuer deletion IS revocation — verifiers checking for the credential will no longer find it. There is no separate revoke transaction.
- The deletion is permanent on the current ledger, but the history of issuance and deletion stays publicly visible forever.
- Anyone may delete an expired credential — a small public service that returns the reserve to whoever held it.
For example
A customer's yearly KYC lapses and re-verification fails. The provider deletes the credential, instantly revoking access at every platform that relied on it — one transaction, network-wide effect.