# DeleteKeyPair
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Deletes the specified key pair, by removing the public key from Amazon EC2.

## Request Parameters
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The following parameters are for this specific action. For more information about required and optional parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Query Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

 **DryRun**   
Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is `DryRunOperation`. Otherwise, it is `UnauthorizedOperation`.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 **KeyName**   
The name of the key pair.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 **KeyPairId**   
The ID of the key pair.  
Type: String  
Required: No

## Response Elements
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The following elements are returned by the service.

 **keyPairId**   
The ID of the key pair.  
Type: String

 **requestId**   
The ID of the request.  
Type: String

 **return**   
Is `true` if the request succeeds, and an error otherwise.  
Type: Boolean

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common client error codes](errors-overview.md#CommonErrors).

## Examples
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### Example 1
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This example request deletes the key pair named `my-key-pair`.

#### Sample Request
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```
https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=DeleteKeyPair
&KeyName=my-key-pair
&AUTHPARAMS
```

#### Sample Response
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```
<DeleteKeyPairResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
  <return>true</return>
  <keyPairId>key-12345abcdeEXAMPLE</keyPairId>
</DeleteKeyPairResponse>
```

### Example 2
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This example request deletes a key pair with the ID `key-abcd12345eEXAMPLE`.

#### Sample Request
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```
https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=DeleteKeyPair
&KeyPairId=key-abcd12345eEXAMPLE
&AUTHPARAMS
```

#### Sample Response
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```
<DeleteKeyPairResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
  <return>true</return>
  <keyPairId>key-abcd12345eEXAMPLE</keyPairId> 
</DeleteKeyPairResponse>
```

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/ec2-2016-11-15/DeleteKeyPair) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/ec2-2016-11-15/DeleteKeyPair) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/ec2-2016-11-15/DeleteKeyPair) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/ec2-2016-11-15/DeleteKeyPair) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ec2-2016-11-15/DeleteKeyPair) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/ec2-2016-11-15/DeleteKeyPair) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/ec2-2016-11-15/DeleteKeyPair) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/ec2-2016-11-15/DeleteKeyPair) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/ec2-2016-11-15/DeleteKeyPair) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ec2-2016-11-15/DeleteKeyPair)