---
title: "Delete Key Metadata"
method: DELETE
path: "/v4/organizations/{organizationId}/cmek/{cmekId}"
tags: ["CMEK"]
---

# Delete Key Metadata

`DELETE /v4/organizations/{organizationId}/cmek/{cmekId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://cloudapi.cloud.couchbase.com`
- URL: `https://cloudapi.cloud.couchbase.com/v4/organizations/{organizationId}/cmek/{cmekId}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/couchbase/apis/couchbase-capella-management-api/docs/v4/organizations/:organizationId/cmek/:cmekId/delete.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Permanently removes the specified customer-managed encryption key's metadata from the organization's account.

In order to access this endpoint, the provided API key must have at least one of the following roles:
- Organization Owner

To learn more, see [Organization, Project, and Database Access Overview](https://docs.couchbase.com/cloud/organizations/organization-projects-overview.html).

## Response `204`

Successfully deleted the the specified encryption key's metadata by its ID.

## Other responses

- `403`: The client does not have the necessary permissions to access this resource.
- `404`: The requested resource was not found.
- `422`: Request validation error.
- `429`: Returned when the client exceeds the rate limit for the given APIKey.
- `500`: An unexpected error occurred in the server while processing this request.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/couchbase/apis/couchbase-capella-management-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/couchbase/apis/couchbase-capella-management-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/couchbase/apis/couchbase-capella-management-api/revisions/a5e88bcf71cb?raw)