---
title: "Delete a user API key"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/user/api_keys/{api_key_id}"
tags: ["api_keys"]
---

# Delete a user API key

`DELETE /v1/user/api_keys/{api_key_id}`

Permanently revoke a user API key. Users can revoke their own keys, and admins can revoke keys belonging to other users. The key stops working immediately.

## Path parameters

- `api_key_id` string, required — The GlobalID of the API key.

## Response `204`

No content returned on successful deletion.

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — API key not found.
- `422` — Unprocessable Entity

## Changes

- **2026-07-14** `a577c4cd0974` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-04-29** `c81391216eb5` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/arize-ai/apis/arize-phoenix-rest-api/changes/v1/user/api_keys/:api_key_id/delete.md)

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