Delete External Key

DELETE/v1/organizations/external_keys/{external_key_id}

Delete an external key config.

The request is rejected if any workspace still references this config.

Path parameters

external_key_id: string

ID of the External Key.

maxLength2048

Headers

"anthropic-version": optional string

The version of the Claude API you want to use.

Read more about versioning and our version history here.

Returns

type: "external_key_deleted"

defaultexternal_key_deleted

id: string

ID of the deleted External Key.

Delete External Key

curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/organizations/external_keys/$EXTERNAL_KEY_ID \
    -X DELETE \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2026-10-21' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"

Response 200

{
  "id": "ekey_01AbCdEfGhIjKlMnOpQrStUv",
  "type": "external_key_deleted"
}

Returns Examples

Response 200

{
  "id": "ekey_01AbCdEfGhIjKlMnOpQrStUv",
  "type": "external_key_deleted"
}