Updated on 2023-09-14 GMT+08:00

Deleting a Permanent Access Key

Function

This API can be used by the administrator to delete the specified permanent access key of an IAM user or used by an IAM user to delete one of their own permanent access keys.

The API can be called using both the global endpoint and region-specific endpoints.

Deleted permanent access keys cannot be recovered. Check that the access keys have not been used for more than one week before deleting them.

URI

DELETE /v3.0/OS-CREDENTIAL/credentials/{access_key}

Table 1 URI parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

access_key

Yes

String

AK to be deleted.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Parameters in the request header

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

Content-Type

Yes

String

Fill application/json;charset=utf8 in this field.

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

If the administrator is requesting to delete a specified permanent access key of an IAM user, see Actions.

If an IAM user is requesting to delete one of their own permanent access keys, the user token (no special permission requirements) of the user is required.

Response Parameters

None

Example Request

Request for deleting a permanent access key

DELETE https://iam.myhuaweicloud.eu/v3.0/OS-CREDENTIAL/credentials/{access_key}

Example Response

None

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

204

The access key is deleted successfully.

400

Invalid parameters.

401

Authentication failed.

403

Access denied.

404

The requested resource cannot be found.

500

Internal server error.

Error Codes

None