DeleteKeyPair

The DeleteKeyPair operation deletes a keypair.

The following table describes the request parameters for DeleteKeyPair. Parameter names are case sensitive.

Element NameDefinitionRequired?Type
KeyName Name of the keypair to delete.Yesstring

The following table describes the default response tags included in DeleteKeyPair responses.

Element NameDefinitionType
return true if the key was successfully deleted.xsd:boolean
https://ec2.amazonaws.com/
?Action=DeleteKeyPair
&KeyName=example-key-name
&...auth parameters...
<DeleteKeyPair xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2007-03-01">
  <return>true</return>
</DeleteKeyPair>