---
title: Delete Key
description: You can perform a DELETE operation on a key resource to remove it from the environment. However, the key must not be associated with any applications. If the key is used by an application, it cannot be deleted.
component: pingone-api
page_id: pingone-api:platform:certificate-management/delete-key
canonical_url: https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingone-api/platform/certificate-management/delete-key.html
section_ids:
  headers: Headers
  example-request: Example Request
  example-response: Example Response
---

# Delete Key

##

```none
DELETE {{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/keys/{{keyID}}
```

You can perform a `DELETE` operation on a key resource to remove it from the environment. However, the key must not be associated with any applications. If the key is used by an application, it cannot be deleted.

To delete a key resource, use the `DELETE {{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/keys/{{keyID}}` operation and specify the ID of the key to delete in the request URL.

When successful, the `DELETE` request returns a `202 Accepted` message with the key in the response body.

### Headers

Authorization      Bearer {{accessToken}}

##

### Example Request

* cURL

* C#

* Go

* HTTP

* Java

* jQuery

* NodeJS

* Python

* PHP

* Ruby

* Swift

```shell
curl --location --globoff --request DELETE '{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/keys/{{keyID}}' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}'
```

```csharp
var options = new RestClientOptions("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/keys/{{keyID}}")
{
  MaxTimeout = -1,
};
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("", Method.Delete);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}");
RestResponse response = await client.ExecuteAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
```

```golang
package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
  "io"
)

func main() {

  url := "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/keys/{{keyID}}"
  method := "DELETE"

  client := &http.Client {
  }
  req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")

  res, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  defer res.Body.Close()

  body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  fmt.Println(string(body))
}
```

```http
DELETE /v1/environments/{{envID}}/keys/{{keyID}} HTTP/1.1
Host: {{apiPath}}
Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}
```

```java
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
  .build();
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("text/plain");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/keys/{{keyID}}")
  .method("DELETE", body)
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")
  .build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
```

```javascript
var settings = {
  "url": "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/keys/{{keyID}}",
  "method": "DELETE",
  "timeout": 0,
  "headers": {
    "Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}"
  },
};

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});
```

```javascript
var request = require('request');
var options = {
  'method': 'DELETE',
  'url': '{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/keys/{{keyID}}',
  'headers': {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
  }
};
request(options, function (error, response) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);
  console.log(response.body);
});
```

```python
import requests

url = "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/keys/{{keyID}}"

payload = {}
headers = {
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
}

response = requests.request("DELETE", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)
```

```php
<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$request->setUrl('{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/keys/{{keyID}}');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_DELETE);
$request->setConfig(array(
  'follow_redirects' => TRUE
));
$request->setHeader(array(
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
));
try {
  $response = $request->send();
  if ($response->getStatus() == 200) {
    echo $response->getBody();
  }
  else {
    echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .
    $response->getReasonPhrase();
  }
}
catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
  echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
```

```ruby
require "uri"
require "net/http"

url = URI("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/keys/{{keyID}}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer {{accessToken}}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```swift
var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/keys/{{keyID}}")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity)
request.addValue("Bearer {{accessToken}}", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")

request.httpMethod = "DELETE"

let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
  guard let data = data else {
    print(String(describing: error))
    return
  }
  print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
}

task.resume()
```

### Example Response

204 No Content