# Delete a deploy key

> Delete one of a repository's deploy keys by its id.

<div class="g1t-endpoint"><span class="g1t-method" data-method="delete">DELETE</span><code>/repos/{owner}/{name}/keys/{id}</code></div>

A machine using it can no longer clone or push. There is no editing a key: to change its title or access, delete it and add it again. Needs the Admin role on the repository. Recorded in the workspace's audit log.

The key stops working at once. `404` when the repository has no deploy key with that id. Recorded in the workspace's audit log as `repo.deploy_key_removed`.

- **Authentication:** Required. Send an [access token](/reference/api/#authentication) as `Authorization: Bearer`.
- **MCP tool:** [`access`](/reference/mcp/#access) with `action` `remove_deploy_key`, and the same inputs
- **Scope:** An access token needs [`access:admin`](/guides/authentication/#scopes).

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `owner` | string | Yes | The workspace that owns the repository. |
| `name` | string | Yes | The repository's name. |
| `id` | string | Yes | The deploy key's id (dk_…), from [`list_deploy_keys`](/reference/api/access/list-deploy-keys/). |

## Example request

```sh
curl -X DELETE https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/hello/keys/dk_01kp3g4h5j6k7m8n9p0q1r2s3t \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"
```

## Example response

A successful request answers `200` with:

```json
true
```

## Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like `{"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}`. See [errors](/reference/api/#errors).

| Status | Code | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 | `unauthenticated` | A token is required, or the one sent is not valid. |
| 403 | `forbidden` | The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change or an agent token outside its repository. |
| 404 | `not_found` | It does not exist, or you cannot see it. |
| 409 | `conflict` | The request conflicts with the current state. |
| 422 | `invalid` | The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why. |