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Delete an API key

JavaScript
// 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
// 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)
    }
}
Terraform
# 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"
}
curl
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}

Delete an API key

2 parameters
  • X-Pinecone-Api-Versionstringheaderrequired

    Required date-based version header

  • api_key_idstringpathrequired

    API key ID

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