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title: Update a user seat
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# Update a user seat
PATCH/accounts/{account\_id}/access/seats
Removes a user from a Zero Trust seat when both `access_seat` and `gateway_seat` are set to false.
##### Security
API Token
The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.
**Example:**Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
API Email + API Key
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.
**Example:**X-Auth-Email: user@example.com
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.
**Example:**X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194
##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
`Zero Trust: Seats Write`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
Identifier.
maxLength32
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20zero_trust.seats%20%3E%20(method)%20edit%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20account_id%20%3E%20(schema)>)
##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
body: array of object {access\_seat, gateway\_seat, seat\_uid }
access\_seat: boolean
True if the seat is part of Access.
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gateway\_seat: boolean
True if the seat is part of Gateway.
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seat\_uid: string
The unique API identifier for the Zero Trust seat.
maxLength36
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##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20zero_trust.seats%20%3E%20(method)%20edit%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20errors>)
messages: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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success: true
Whether the API call was successful.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20zero_trust.seats%20%3E%20(method)%20edit%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20success>)
result: optional array of Seat { access\_seat, created\_at, gateway\_seat, 2 more }
access\_seat: optional boolean
True if the seat is part of Access.
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created\_at: optional string
formatdate-time
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gateway\_seat: optional boolean
True if the seat is part of Gateway.
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seat\_uid: optional string
The unique API identifier for the Zero Trust seat.
maxLength36
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updated\_at: optional string
formatdate-time
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result\_info: optional object {count, page, per\_page, 2 more }
count: optional number
Total number of results for the requested service.
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page: optional number
Current page within paginated list of results.
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per\_page: optional number
Number of results per page of results.
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total\_count: optional number
Total results available without any search parameters.
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total\_pages: optional number
The number of total pages in the entire result set.
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[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20zero_trust.seats%20%3E%20(method)%20edit%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20result_info>)
### Update a user seat
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/access/seats \
-X PATCH \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
-d '[
{
"access_seat": false,
"gateway_seat": false,
"seat_uid": "f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415"
}
]'
```
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"success": true,
"result": [
{
"access_seat": false,
"created_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
"gateway_seat": false,
"seat_uid": "f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
"updated_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z"
}
],
"result_info": {
"count": 1,
"page": 1,
"per_page": 20,
"total_count": 2000,
"total_pages": 100
}
}
```
##### Returns Examples
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"success": true,
"result": [
{
"access_seat": false,
"created_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
"gateway_seat": false,
"seat_uid": "f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
"updated_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z"
}
],
"result_info": {
"count": 1,
"page": 1,
"per_page": 20,
"total_count": 2000,
"total_pages": 100
}
}
```