```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
// Requires Node.js SDK v8.2.0 or later
import { AdminClient } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone';

// Reads PINECONE_CLIENT_ID and PINECONE_CLIENT_SECRET from the environment
const admin = new AdminClient();

await admin.apiKeys.delete('YOUR_API_KEY_ID');
```

```go Go theme={null}
// Requires Go SDK v6.0.0 or later
package main

import (
    "context"
    "log"
    "os"

    "github.com/pinecone-io/go-pinecone/v6/pinecone"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()

    adminClient, err := pinecone.NewAdminClientWithContext(ctx, pinecone.NewAdminClientParams{
        ClientId:     os.Getenv("PINECONE_CLIENT_ID"),
        ClientSecret: os.Getenv("PINECONE_CLIENT_SECRET"),
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to create AdminClient: %v", err)
    }

    if err := adminClient.APIKey.Delete(ctx, "YOUR_API_KEY_ID"); err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to delete API key: %v", err)
    }
}
```

```hcl Terraform theme={null}
# Requires Terraform provider v4.0.0 or later
# This block defines the API key. To delete it, either remove the block and run
# `terraform apply`, or run:
#   terraform destroy -target=pinecone_api_key.example
resource "pinecone_api_key" "example" {
  name       = "Example API Key"
  project_id = "YOUR_PROJECT_ID"
}
```

```bash curl theme={null}
PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
PINECONE_API_KEY_ID="YOUR_KEY_ID"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/api-keys/$PINECONE_API_KEY_ID" \
	-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-04" \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN"
```

**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

## Headers

- `X-Pinecone-Api-Version` (header, string, required) — Required date-based version header

## 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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