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. For IAM endpoints, see Regions and 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.com/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.