Delete an API key - Pinecone Docs

PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
PINECONE_API_KEY_ID="YOUR_KEY_ID"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/api-keys/$PINECONE_API_KEY_ID" \
	-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-10" \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN"

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
    "message": "Invalid API key."
  },
  "status": 401
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "QUOTA_EXCEEDED",
    "message": "The index exceeds the project quota of 5 pods by 2 pods. Upgrade your account or change the project settings to increase the quota."
  },
  "status": 429
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "QUOTA_EXCEEDED",
    "message": "The index exceeds the project quota of 5 pods by 2 pods. Upgrade your account or change the project settings to increase the quota."
  },
  "status": 429
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNKNOWN",
    "message": "Internal server error"
  },
  "status": 500
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "QUOTA_EXCEEDED",
    "message": "The index exceeds the project quota of 5 pods by 2 pods. Upgrade your account or change the project settings to increase the quota."
  },
  "status": 429
}

DELETE

admin

api-keys

{api_key_id}

PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
PINECONE_API_KEY_ID="YOUR_KEY_ID"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/api-keys/$PINECONE_API_KEY_ID" \
	-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-10" \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN"

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
    "message": "Invalid API key."
  },
  "status": 401
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "QUOTA_EXCEEDED",
    "message": "The index exceeds the project quota of 5 pods by 2 pods. Upgrade your account or change the project settings to increase the quota."
  },
  "status": 429
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "QUOTA_EXCEEDED",
    "message": "The index exceeds the project quota of 5 pods by 2 pods. Upgrade your account or change the project settings to increase the quota."
  },
  "status": 429
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNKNOWN",
    "message": "Internal server error"
  },
  "status": 500
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "QUOTA_EXCEEDED",
    "message": "The index exceeds the project quota of 5 pods by 2 pods. Upgrade your account or change the project settings to increase the quota."
  },
  "status": 429
}

PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
PINECONE_API_KEY_ID="YOUR_KEY_ID"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/api-keys/$PINECONE_API_KEY_ID" \
	-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-10" \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN"

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

An access token must be provided in the Authorization header using the Bearer scheme.

Headers

X-Pinecone-Api-Version

string

default:2025-10

required

Required date-based version header

Path Parameters

api_key_id

string<uuid>

required

API key ID

Response

API key deletion request accepted.

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