Delete an SSH key

Deletes an SSH Key you have access to.

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This operation only deletes a key's association from your profile. It doesn't remove it from any Linode or disk that was deployed with authorized_keys. You need to manually delete the key on the Linode or disk.

Permissions and scopes

To call this operation, you need permissions, based on the model you're using:

• Identity and access permissions. Your user needs a role with these permissions. Learn more.

  • Permissions: delete_profile_ssh_key

• OAuth scopes. Your user needs these scopes assigned. Learn more.

  • Scopes: account:read_write

CLI

linode-cli sshkeys delete 42

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