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DeleteKeyPair

Description

Deletes the specified key pair, by removing the public key from Amazon EC2. You must own the key pair.

Request Parameters

Name Description Required

Name	Description	Required
`KeyName`	Name of the key pair to delete. Type: String Default: None	Yes

KeyName

Name of the key pair to delete.

Type: String

Default: None

Yes

Response Elements

The elements in the following table are wrapped in a DeleteKeyPairResponse structure.

Name Description

Name	Description
`requestId`	The ID of the request. Type: xsd:string
`return`	Returns true if the request succeeds. Otherwise, returns an error. Type: xsd:boolean

requestId

The ID of the request.

Type: xsd:string

return

Returns true if the request succeeds. Otherwise, returns an error.

Type: xsd:boolean

Examples

Example Request

This example deletes the gsg-keypair key pair.

https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=DeleteKeyPair
&KeyName=gsg-keypair
&AUTHPARAMS

Example Response

<DeleteKeyPairResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2011-12-15/">
  <requestId>59dbff89-35bd-4eac-99ed-be587EXAMPLE</requestId> 
  <return>true</return>
</DeleteKeyPairResponse>

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