---
title: cloud auth delete-api-key cli command
description: Delete API key Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4083/reference/elastic-cli/cli/cloud/auth/delete-api-key
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# cloud auth delete-api-key cli command
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</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic cloud auth delete-api-key --api-key-id <api-key-id> [options]
```

Delete API key
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--api-key-id string required">
    The API Key ID.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
  <definition term="--yes">
    confirm destructive action without prompting
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>