# Sell orders not being cancelled in Paper Account

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/sell-orders-not-being-cancelled-in-paper-account/9915>\
**Category:** Alpaca Account Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [July 5, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/sell-orders-not-being-cancelled-in-paper-account/9915 "2022-07-05T14:06:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZlaTanskY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/43a26b/32.png) [@ZlaTanskY](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/ZlaTanskY)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/sell-orders-not-being-cancelled-in-paper-account/9915/1 "2022-07-05T14:06:16Z")

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## Problem

I have created some orders through the Python API this weekend to cancel them a few moments later. This used to work for months. Now only the BUY orders get cancelled, the SELL orders remain.  
I cannot cancel them both through API or through the dashboard.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/alp/original/2X/5/596e7dbc760da9b70e9d4a801ae27b15293bf8c5.png)

**Paper or Live Trading?**  
Paper Trading

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**Author:** ![waimun.ng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/waimun.ng/32/5517_2.png) [@waimun.ng](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/waimun.ng)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/sell-orders-not-being-cancelled-in-paper-account/9915/2 "2022-07-06T01:36:55Z")

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Hi @ZlaTanskY is this in Paper or Live? Able to send an email to support@alpaca.markets so that we can look into the account.