---
title: Delete an API key programmatically
slug: '80'
canonical_url: https://docs.coveo.com/en/80/
collection: manage-an-organization
source_format: adoc
---
# Delete an API key programmatically
It's good practice to create an API key with minimal privileges for one precise and exclusive purpose and delete this API key from the [Coveo organization](https://docs.coveo.com/en/185/) when it's no longer needed for that purpose.

> **Important**
>
> You can't undo an API key delete operation.
> If you're not entirely sure you should delete a specific API key, consider disabling it instead.

Use the [Delete an API key](https://platform.cloud.coveo.com/docs?urls.primaryName=AuthorizationServer#/Api%20Keys/rest_organizations_paramId_apikeys_paramId_delete) operation to completely remove an API key from a specific Coveo organization.

> **Note**
>
> You can also perform this action from the [**API Keys**](https://platform.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/organization/api-access/) ([platform-ca](https://platform-ca.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/organization/api-access/) | [platform-eu](https://platform-eu.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/organization/api-access/) | [platform-au](https://platform-au.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/organization/api-access/)) page of the Coveo Administration Console.
> See [Delete an API key](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1718#delete-an-api-key).

**Request template**

```http
DELETE https://platform.cloud.coveo.com/rest/organizations/<MyOrganizationId>/apikeys/<MyApiKeyId> HTTP/1.1

Accept: application/json
Authorization: Bearer <MyAccessToken>
```

In the request path:

* You replace `<MyOrganizationId>` with your [organization ID](https://docs.coveo.com/en/148/).

* Replace `<MyApiKeyId>` with the [ID of the API key](https://docs.coveo.com/en/38/) to delete.

In the `Authorization` HTTP header, replace `<MyAccessToken>` with an access token (API key or OAuth2 token) that grants the privilege to edit API keys in the target organization.
See [Get your Coveo access token](https://docs.coveo.com/en/123/) and [Get the privileges of an access token](https://docs.coveo.com/en/109/).

A successful response has no content, but signifies that the API key corresponding to the API key ID you provide as a path argument no longer exists in the target organization.

## Sample request

**Deleting an API key in a Coveo organization**

```http
DELETE https://platform.cloud.coveo.com/rest/organizations/mycoveocloudv2organizationg8tp8wu3/apikeys/wduuqg3ip2c3i3gpopapxhcgxe HTTP/1.1

Accept: application/json
Authorization: Bearer **********-****-****-****-************
```

**Successful response - 204 No Content**

```json
{}
```