```bash curl theme={null}
PINECONE_API_KEY_ID="62b0dbfe-3489-4b79-b850-34d911527c88"
PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/api-keys/$PINECONE_API_KEY_ID" \
     -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-04" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN"
```

```bash CLI theme={null}
PINECONE_API_KEY_ID="62b0dbfe-3489-4b79-b850-34d911527c88"

# Delete the API key. Use --skip-confirmation to skip 
# the confirmation prompt.
pc api-key delete -i $PINECONE_API_KEY_ID
```

```text curl theme={null}
No response payload
```

```text CLI theme={null}
[WARN] This operation will delete API key example-api-key from project example-project.
[WARN] Any integrations that authenticate with this API key will immediately stop working.
[WARN] This action cannot be undone.
Do you want to continue? (y/N): y
[INFO] You chose to continue delete.
[SUCCESS] API key example-api-key deleted
```

**DELETE** `/admin/api-keys/{api_key_id}`

:::code-group
```bash title="cURL"
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.pinecone.io/admin/api-keys/{api_key_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
```

```json title="401"
{
  "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
}
```
:::

## Authorizations

- `Authorization` (header, string, required) — Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer <token>`.

## Path Parameters

- `api_key_id` (path, string, required) — API key ID

## Response

- `202` — API key deletion request accepted.
- `401` — Unauthorized. Possible causes: Invalid API key.
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not found
- `500` — Internal server error.
- `4XX` — Unexpected error on request.

## Related pages

- [List API keys](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-api-keys-list-api-keys.md)
- [Create an API key](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-api-keys-create-an-api-key.md)
- [Get API key details](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-api-keys-get-api-key-details.md)
- [Delete an API key](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-api-keys-delete-an-api-key.md)
- [Update an API key](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-api-keys-update-an-api-key.md)
- [Create an API key](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-create-api-key.md)
- [Create an API key](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-create-api-key.md)
- [List API keys](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-list-api-keys.md)
- [Get API key details](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-fetch-api-key.md)
- [Update an API key](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-update-api-key.md)

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