delete-access-key

Deletes the access key pair associated with the specified IAM user.

If you do not specify a user name, IAM determines the user name implicitly based on the AWS access key ID signing the request. This operation works for access keys under the AWS account. Consequently, you can use this operation to manage AWS account root user credentials even if the AWS account has no associated users.

Refer to AWS API Documentation.

Refer to AWS help for descriptions of global parameters.

Synopsis

delete-access-key
  [--user-name <value>]
  --access-key-id <value>

Options

--user-name (string)

The name of the user whose access key pair you want to delete.

This parameter allows (through its regex pattern) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _, +, =, ,, ., @, and -.

--access-key-id (string)

The access key ID for the access key ID and secret access key you want to delete.

This parameter allows (through its regex pattern) a string of characters that can consist of any upper or lowercased letter or digit.

Refer to AWS help for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples

To delete an access key for an IAM user

The following delete-access-key command deletes the specified access key (access key ID and secret access key) for the IAM user named Bob

aws iam delete-access-key --access-key AKIDPMS9RO4H3FEXAMPLE --user-name Bob

To list the access keys defined for an IAM user, use the list-access-keys. command.

For more information, refer to Creating, Modifying, and Viewing User Security Credentials in the Using IAM guide.

Output

None