---
title: "Delete a checkout key"
method: DELETE
path: "/project/{project-slug}/checkout-key/{fingerprint}"
tags: ["Project"]
---

# Delete a checkout key

`DELETE /project/{project-slug}/checkout-key/{fingerprint}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://circleci.com/api/v2`
- URL: `https://circleci.com/api/v2/project/{project-slug}/checkout-key/{fingerprint}`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `Circle-Token`
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP basic
  - API key in query parameter `circle-token`

Deletes the checkout key via md5 or sha256 fingerprint. sha256 keys should be url-encoded.

## Path parameters

- `project-slug` string, required
- `fingerprint` string, required

## Response `200`

A confirmation message.

- object: message response
  - `message` string, required: A human-readable message

## Other responses

- `default`: Error response.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/circleci/apis/circleci-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/circleci/apis/circleci-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/circleci/apis/circleci-api/revisions/b9c0e0c24058?raw)