[role="xpack"]
[[security-api-invalidate-api-key]]
=== Invalidate API key API
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<titleabbrev>Invalidate API key</titleabbrev>
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Invalidates one or more API keys.

[[security-api-invalidate-api-key-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`DELETE /_security/api_key`

[[security-api-invalidate-api-key-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* To use this API, you must have at least the `manage_security`, `manage_api_key`, or `manage_own_api_key` cluster privilege.
The `manage_security` privilege allows deleting any API key, including both REST and <<security-api-create-cross-cluster-api-key,cross cluster API keys>>.
The `manage_api_key` privilege allows deleting any REST API key, but not cross cluster API keys.
The `manage_own_api_key` only allows deleting REST API keys owned by the user.
In addition, with the `manage_own_api_key` privilege, an invalidation request must be issued
in one of the three formats:
1. Set the parameter `owner=true`
2. Or, set both `username` and `realm_name` to match the user's identity.
3. Or, if the request is issued by an API key, i.e. an API key invalidates itself, specify its ID in the `ids` field.

[[security-api-invalidate-api-key-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

This API invalidates API keys created by the <<security-api-create-api-key,create API key>> or <<security-api-grant-api-key,grant API key>>
APIs.
Invalidated API keys fail authentication, but they can still be viewed using the
<<security-api-get-api-key,get API key information>> and <<security-api-query-api-key,query API key information>> APIs,
for at least the <<api-key-service-settings-delete-retention-period,configured retention period>>, until they are automatically deleted.


[[security-api-invalidate-api-key-request-body]]
==== {api-request-body-title}

The following parameters can be specified in the body of a DELETE request and
pertain to invalidating api keys:

`ids`::
(Optional, array of string) A list of API key ids. This parameter cannot be used
when any of `name`, `realm_name`, `username` are used

`name`::
(Optional, string) An API key name. This parameter cannot be used with any of
`ids`, `realm_name` or `username` are used.

`realm_name`::
(Optional, string) The name of an authentication realm. This parameter cannot be
used with either `ids` or `name` or when `owner` flag is set to `true`.

`username`::
(Optional, string) The username of a user. This parameter cannot be used with
either `ids` or `name` or when `owner` flag is set to `true`.

`owner`::
(Optional, Boolean) A boolean flag that can be used to query API keys owned
by the currently authenticated user. Defaults to false.
The 'realm_name' or 'username' parameters cannot be specified when this
parameter is set to 'true' as they are assumed to be the currently authenticated ones.

NOTE: At least one of "ids", "name", "username" and "realm_name" must be specified
 if "owner" is "false" (default).

[[security-api-invalidate-api-key-response-body]]
==== {api-response-body-title}

A successful call returns a JSON structure that contains the ids of the API keys
that were invalidated, the ids of the API keys that had already been invalidated,
and potentially a list of errors encountered while invalidating specific api
keys.

[[security-api-invalidate-api-key-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

If you create an API key as follows:

[source,console]
------------------------------------------------------------
POST /_security/api_key
{
  "name": "my-api-key"
}
------------------------------------------------------------

A successful call returns a JSON structure that provides
API key information. For example:

[source,console-result]
--------------------------------------------------
{
  "id": "VuaCfGcBCdbkQm-e5aOx",
  "name": "my-api-key",
  "api_key": "ui2lp2axTNmsyakw9tvNnw",
  "encoded": "VnVhQ2ZHY0JDZGJrUW0tZTVhT3g6dWkybHAyYXhUTm1zeWFrdzl0dk5udw=="
}
--------------------------------------------------
// TESTRESPONSE[s/VuaCfGcBCdbkQm-e5aOx/$body.id/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/ui2lp2axTNmsyakw9tvNnw/$body.api_key/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/VnVhQ2ZHY0JDZGJrUW0tZTVhT3g6dWkybHAyYXhUTm1zeWFrdzl0dk5udw==/$body.encoded/]

The following example invalidates the API key identified by specified `ids`
immediately:

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
DELETE /_security/api_key
{
  "ids" : [ "VuaCfGcBCdbkQm-e5aOx" ]
}
--------------------------------------------------
// TEST[s/VuaCfGcBCdbkQm-e5aOx/$body.id/]
// TEST[continued]

The following example invalidates the API key identified by specified `name`
immediately:

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
DELETE /_security/api_key
{
  "name" : "my-api-key"
}
--------------------------------------------------

The following example invalidates all API keys for the `native1` realm
immediately:

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
DELETE /_security/api_key
{
  "realm_name" : "native1"
}
--------------------------------------------------

The following example invalidates all API keys for the user `myuser` in all
realms immediately:

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
DELETE /_security/api_key
{
  "username" : "myuser"
}
--------------------------------------------------

The following example invalidates the API key identified by the specified `ids` if
 it is owned by the currently authenticated user immediately:

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
DELETE /_security/api_key
{
  "ids" : ["VuaCfGcBCdbkQm-e5aOx"],
  "owner" : "true"
}
--------------------------------------------------

The following example invalidates all API keys owned by the currently authenticated
 user immediately:

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
DELETE /_security/api_key
{
  "owner" : "true"
}
--------------------------------------------------

Finally, the following example invalidates all API keys for the user `myuser` in
 the `native1` realm immediately:

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
DELETE /_security/api_key
{
  "username" : "myuser",
  "realm_name" : "native1"
}
--------------------------------------------------

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
{
  "invalidated_api_keys": [ <1>
    "api-key-id-1"
  ],
  "previously_invalidated_api_keys": [ <2>
    "api-key-id-2",
    "api-key-id-3"
  ],
  "error_count": 2, <3>
  "error_details": [ <4>
    {
      "type": "exception",
      "reason": "error occurred while invalidating api keys",
      "caused_by": {
        "type": "illegal_argument_exception",
        "reason": "invalid api key id"
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "exception",
      "reason": "error occurred while invalidating api keys",
      "caused_by": {
        "type": "illegal_argument_exception",
        "reason": "invalid api key id"
      }
    }
  ]
}
--------------------------------------------------
// NOTCONSOLE

<1> The IDs of the API keys that were invalidated as part of this request.
<2> The IDs of the API keys that were already invalidated.
<3> The number of errors that were encountered when invalidating the API keys.
<4> Details about these errors. This field is not present in the response when
    `error_count` is 0.