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Delete an API key

Delete an API key from a project.

DELETE/admin/api-keys/{api_key_id}

Delete an API key

2 parameters
  • X-Pinecone-Api-Versionstringheaderrequired

    Required date-based version header

  • api_key_idstringpathrequired

    API key ID

cURL
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.pinecone.io/admin/api-keys/{api_key_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'X-Pinecone-Api-Version: <x-pinecone-api-version>'
Python
import requests

url = "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/api-keys/{api_key_id}"

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "X-Pinecone-Api-Version": "<x-pinecone-api-version>"
}

response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
JavaScript
const options = {method: "DELETE", headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>", "X-Pinecone-Api-Version": "<x-pinecone-api-version>"}};

fetch("https://api.pinecone.io/admin/api-keys/{api_key_id}", options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/api-keys/{api_key_id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: <x-pinecone-api-version>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
Go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/api-keys/{api_key_id}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("X-Pinecone-Api-Version", "<x-pinecone-api-version>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
Java
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.pinecone.io/admin/api-keys/{api_key_id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("X-Pinecone-Api-Version", "<x-pinecone-api-version>")
  .asString();
Ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.pinecone.io/admin/api-keys/{api_key_id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["X-Pinecone-Api-Version"] = '<x-pinecone-api-version>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
401
{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
    "message": "Invalid API key."
  },
  "status": 401
}
403
{
  "error": {
    "code": "QUOTA_EXCEEDED",
    "message": "The index exceeds the project quota of 5 pods by 2 pods. Upgrade your account or change the project settings to increase the quota."
  },
  "status": 429
}
404
{
  "error": {
    "code": "QUOTA_EXCEEDED",
    "message": "The index exceeds the project quota of 5 pods by 2 pods. Upgrade your account or change the project settings to increase the quota."
  },
  "status": 429
}
500
{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNKNOWN",
    "message": "Internal server error"
  },
  "status": 500
}
4XX
{
  "error": {
    "code": "QUOTA_EXCEEDED",
    "message": "The index exceeds the project quota of 5 pods by 2 pods. Upgrade your account or change the project settings to increase the quota."
  },
  "status": 429
}
Authorizationstringrequired

An access token must be provided in the Authorization header using the Bearer scheme.

X-Pinecone-Api-Versionstringrequired

Required date-based version header

Typestring
Default2026-07
api_key_idstringrequired

API key ID

Typestring

202 — API key deletion request accepted.

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