# Delete a deploy key

From **GitHub v3 REST API**.

`DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/keys/{key_id}`

Deploy keys are immutable. If you need to update a key, remove the key and create a new one instead.

## Parameters

### `owner`

- Location: path
- Required: true
- Type: `string`

### `repo`

- Location: path
- Required: true
- Type: `string`

### `key_id`

- Location: path
- Required: true
- Type: `integer`

key_id parameter

## Responses

### `204`

Response

## Request examples

### cURL

```shell
curl --request DELETE \
  --url {protocol}://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/{owner}/{repo}/keys/{key_id}
```