---
title: How to manage API keys
description: Step-by-step guide to managing your API keys in Scaleway IAM.
dates:
  validation: 2025-07-15
  posted: 2022-06-20
---
import Requirements from '@macros/iam/requirements.mdx'

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All users are able to view and delete their own API keys as necessary. API keys can also be edited, to change the description or [preferred Project](/iam/api-cli/using-api-key-object-storage/). Instructions for these actions are given below. If you are the Owner of your Organization, or have [sufficient permissions](/iam/reference-content/permission-sets/) to do so, you can also view, edit and delete the API keys of other IAM users / applications.

<Requirements />

- A Scaleway account logged into the [console](https://console.scaleway.com)

## How to edit an API key

1. Click **IAM & API keys** on the top-right drop-down menu of the Scaleway console. You are taken to your [Identity and Access Management dashboard](https://console.scaleway.com/iam/users).
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2. Click the **API keys** tab.
3. Click the <Icon name="more" /> icon next to the API key you want to edit, and select **Edit**. The following screen displays:
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4. Edit the API key as required:
    - Edit the **description**, and/or
    - Change the [preferred Project](/iam/concepts/#preferred-project) for Object Storage
5. Click **Validate** to finish. The API key is edited, and you are returned to the list of API keys.

## How to delete an API key

1. Click **IAM & API keys** on the top-right drop-down menu of the Scaleway console. You are taken to your [Identity and Access Management dashboard](https://console.scaleway.com/iam/users).
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2. Click the **API keys** tab.
3. Click the <Icon name="more" /> icon next to the API key you want to edit, and select **Delete**.
4. Type **DELETE** to confirm, and click **Delete API key**.

The API key is deleted, and you are returned to the list of current API keys.