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# kosli delete api-key

> Delete one or more API keys for a service account.

## Synopsis

```shell theme={"theme":"dracula","languages":{"custom":["/languages/rego.json"]}}
kosli delete api-key KEY-ID [KEY-ID...] [flags]
```

Delete one or more API keys for a service account.

This permanently deletes the API key(s) identified by KEY-ID. Deletion is immediate and
cannot be undone. You are asked to confirm before the key is deleted; use
`--assume-yes`/`--yes` to skip the confirmation prompt.

## Flags

| Flag                             | Description                                                                                                                          |
| :------------------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `-y`, `--assume-yes`             | \[optional] Skip the confirmation prompt and delete the API key without asking. (alias: `--yes`)                                     |
| `-D`, `--dry-run`                | \[optional] Run in dry-run mode. When enabled, no data is sent to Kosli and the CLI exits with 0 exit code regardless of any errors. |
| `-h`, `--help`                   | help for api-key                                                                                                                     |
| `-s`, `--service-account` string | The name of the service account whose API keys are managed.                                                                          |

## Flags inherited from parent commands

| Flag                          | Description                                                                                                                                             |
| :---------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `-a`, `--api-token` string    | The Kosli API token.                                                                                                                                    |
| `-c`, `--config-file` string  | \[optional] The Kosli config file path. (default "kosli")                                                                                               |
| `--debug`                     | \[optional] Print debug logs to stdout.                                                                                                                 |
| `-H`, `--host` string         | \[defaulted] The Kosli endpoint. (default "[https://app.kosli.com](https://app.kosli.com)")                                                             |
| `--http-proxy` string         | \[optional] The HTTP proxy URL including protocol and port number. e.g. `http://proxy-server-ip:proxy-port`                                             |
| `-r`, `--max-api-retries` int | \[defaulted] How many times should API calls be retried when the API host is not reachable. (default 3)                                                 |
| `--org` string                | The Kosli organization.                                                                                                                                 |
| `-q`, `--quiet`               | \[optional] Suppress non-critical warning messages. Errors and normal output are not affected. If both `--quiet` and `--debug` are set, `--debug` wins. |

## Examples Use Cases

These examples all assume that the flags  `--api-token`, `--org`, `--host`, (and `--flow`, `--trail` when required), are [set/provided](/getting_started/install/#assigning-flags-via-environment-variables).

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="delete an API key for a service account (asks for confirmation)">
    ```shell theme={"theme":"dracula","languages":{"custom":["/languages/rego.json"]}}
    kosli delete api-key yourApiKeyID 
    	--service-account yourServiceAccountName 

    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="delete multiple API keys at once">
    ```shell theme={"theme":"dracula","languages":{"custom":["/languages/rego.json"]}}
    kosli delete api-key keyID1 keyID2 
    	--service-account yourServiceAccountName 

    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="delete an API key without confirmation">
    ```shell theme={"theme":"dracula","languages":{"custom":["/languages/rego.json"]}}
    kosli delete api-key yourApiKeyID 
    	--service-account yourServiceAccountName 
    	--assume-yes 
    ```
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>