---
title: "Revoke Retriever API Key"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/retrievers/{retriever_id}/api-keys/{key_id}"
tags: ["Retriever API Keys"]
---

# Revoke Retriever API Key

`DELETE /v1/retrievers/{retriever_id}/api-keys/{key_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.mixpeek.com`
- URL: `https://api.mixpeek.com/v1/retrievers/{retriever_id}/api-keys/{key_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer and API key in header `X-Namespace`

Revoke a retriever-scoped API key.

    **Effect:**
    - Key status is set to REVOKED
    - Key can no longer be used for authentication
    - Revocation is immediate (no grace period)
    - Auth cache is invalidated immediately
    - Cannot be undone (create a new key if needed)

    **Audit:**
    - Revocation is logged in the retriever's audit trail
    - Includes actor user ID and timestamp

## Path parameters

- `retriever_id` string, required
- `key_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- GenericSuccessResponse: GenericSuccessResponse.
  - `message` string
  - `success` boolean

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found
- `422`: Unprocessable Entity
- `429`: Too Many Requests
- `500`: Internal Server Error
- `503`: Service Unavailable

## Changes

- **2026-10-09** `61a175e8eb9a`: 1 warning, 5 info
  - removed the optional property `detail` from the response with the `422` status
  - added the non-success response with the status `429`
  - added the non-success response with the status `503`
  - added the optional property `success` to the response with the `422` status
  - …2 more
- **2026-08-09** `5d4c905106b4`: 1 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `BearerAuth AND NamespaceHeader` was added to the API

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/mixpeek/apis/mixpeek-api/changes/v1/retrievers/:retriever_id/api-keys/:key_id/delete.md)

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