Deleting a Secret

Prerequisites

The secret to be deleted is in Enabled state.

Constraints

• A secret will not be deleted until its scheduled deletion period expires. You can set the period to a value within the range 7 to 30 days. Before the specified deletion date, you can cancel the deletion if you want to use the secret. If the scheduled deletion period of a secret expires, the secret will be deleted and cannot be restored.
• For details about the billing information about a secret to be deleted, see Are Credentials Scheduled to Be Deleted Billed?
• If you delete a secret immediately, you can restore it using the secret backup that you have downloaded in advance. Exercise caution when performing this operation.

Deleting a Secret

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
3. Click . ChooseSecurity > Data Encryption Workshop.
4. In the navigation pane, choose Cloud Secret Management Service.
5. In the row of a secret, click Delete.
6. On the displayed page, select a deletion mode. If you want to delete the secret in a specific time, set Schedule deletion.
   Figure 1 Setting schedule deletion
   

7. Enter DELETE in the confirmation dialog box and click OK.
   

   • A secret will not be deleted until its scheduled deletion period expires. You can set the period to a value within the range 7 to 30 days. Before the specified deletion date, you can cancel the deletion if you want to use the secret. If the scheduled deletion period of a secret expires, the secret will be deleted and cannot be restored.
   • For details about the billing information about a secret to be deleted, see Are Credentials Scheduled to Be Deleted Billed?
   • If you delete a secret immediately, you can restore it using the secret backup that you have downloaded in advance. Exercise caution when performing this operation.