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atlas projects apiKeys delete
Remove the specified organization API key from your project.
The API key still exists at the organization level. To reassign the organization API key to a project, run the atlas projects apiKeys assign command.
To view possible values for the ID argument, run atlas organizations apiKeys list.
To use this command, you must authenticate with a user account or an API key that has the Project User Admin role.
Syntax
atlas projects apiKeys delete <ID> [options]
Arguments
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
ID | string | true | Unique 24-digit string that identifies your API key. |
Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--force | false | Flag that indicates whether to skip the confirmation prompt before proceeding with the requested action. | |
-h, --help | false | help for delete | |
--projectId | string | false | Hexadecimal string that identifies the project to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable. |
Inherited Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
-P, --profile | string | false | Human-readable label that identifies the profile to use from your configuration file. To learn about profiles for the Atlas CLI, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-cli-save-connection-settings. To learn about profiles for MongoCLI, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-cli-configuration-file. |
Output
If the command succeeds, the CLI returns output similar to the following sample. Values in brackets represent your values.
API Key '<Name>' deleted
Examples
# Remove an organization API key with the ID 5f46ae53d58b421fe3edc115 from the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3: atlas projects apiKeys delete 5f46ae53d58b421fe3edc115 --projectId 5e1234c17a3e5a48f5497de3