Updated on 2026-09-21 GMT+08:00

Disabling a Key

This API is used to disable a key. A disabled key cannot be used. Only an enabled key can be disabled.

For details, see Calling APIs.

POST /v1.0/{project_id}/kms/disable-key

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Definition Project ID. For details, see Obtaining a Project ID. Constraints N/A Range The value returned by the IAM API is used, which contains 32 characters. Default Value N/A

**Table 2** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	Definition User token. It can be obtained by calling the IAM API. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token. Constraints N/A Range Obtain the value by calling the IAM API for obtaining the user token. Default Value N/A

**Table 3** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
key_id	Yes	String	Definition Key ID Constraints The value must be a 36-byte ID. The value must match the regular expression ^[0-9a-z]{8}-[0-9a-z]{4}-[0-9a-z]{4}-[0-9a-z]{4}-[0-9a-z]{12}$. Range N/A Default Value N/A
sequence	No	String	Definition A 36-byte serial number of a request message, for example, 919c82d4-8046-4722-9094-35c3c6524cff. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

Status code: 200

**Table 4** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
key_info	KeyStatusInfo object	Key status.

**Table 5** KeyStatusInfo
Parameter	Type	Description
key_id	String	Definition Key ID ^[0-9a-z]{8}-[0-9a-z]{4}-[0-9a-z]{4}-[0-9a-z]{4}-[0-9a-z]{12}$. Range N/A
key_state	String	Definition Key status Range 2: Enabled 3: Disabled 4: Pending deletion 5: Pending import 7: Frozen

Disable the key whose ID is 0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f.

{
  "key_id" : "0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f"
}

Status code: 200

Request succeeded.

{
  "key_info" : {
    "key_id" : "bb6a3d22-dc93-47ac-b5bd-88df7ad35f1e",
    "key_state" : "3"
  }
}

Status Code	Description
200	Request succeeded.