---
title: "Deactivate an API key"
method: POST
path: "/admin/api_keys/deactivate/{key_id}"
tags: ["API Keys"]
---

# Deactivate an API key

`POST /admin/api_keys/deactivate/{key_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1`
- URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1/admin/api_keys/deactivate/{key_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/docs/admin/api_keys/deactivate/:key_id/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Allows admins to deactivate an API key.

## Path parameters

- `key_id` string, required

## Response `204`

Successful operation

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API key
- `404`: Not found
- `409`: Conflict
- `default`: Unexpected error

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