# Delete a key

DELETE

/v1/key

Deletes the key with the passed public key from the wallet.

## Authorizations

- **[api_key](https://dev.algorand.co/reference/rest-api/kmd/#api_key)**

## Request Body

The list of MIME types the operation can consume: application/json

APIV1DELETEKeyRequest is the request for `DELETE /v1/key`

object

**address**  
string

**wallet_handle_token**  
string

**wallet_password**  
string

## Responses

### 200

Response to `DELETE /v1/key`

The list of MIME types the operation can produce: application/json

APIV1DELETEKeyResponse is the response to `DELETE /v1/key`  
friendly: DeleteKeyResponse

object

**error**  
boolean

**message**  
string