---
title: "Delete an API key (hard delete for security)"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/api-keys/{api_key_id}"
tags: ["API Keys"]
---

# Delete an API key (hard delete for security)

`DELETE /api/api-keys/{api_key_id}`

# Errors
Returns error if API key not found, access denied, or database deletion error

## Path parameters

- `api_key_id` string, uuid, required

## Response `204`

API key deleted successfully

## Other responses

- `401` — Authentication required to delete API keys
- `403` — Access denied - cannot delete API key owned by different user
- `404` — API key not found for deletion
- `500` — Server error during API key deletion

## Changes

- **2025-09-24** `143443c14b73` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2025-09-01** `a2488be8a6e4` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/patroninc/apis/patron-api/changes/api/api-keys/:api_key_id/delete.md)

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