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 permanent access keys.

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

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	A token with Security Administrator permissions is required if the administrator is requesting to delete a specified permanent access key of an IAM user. The user token (no special permission requirements) of an IAM user is required if the user is requesting to delete one of their permanent access keys.

Response Parameters

None

Example Request

DELETE https://sample.domain.com/v3.0/OS-CREDENTIAL/credentials/{access_key}

Example Response

None

Status Codes

Status Code	Description
204	The access key is deleted successfully.
400	The server failed to process the request.
401	Authentication failed.
403	Access denied.
404	The requested resource cannot be found.
500	Internal server error.