# DeleteKey
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Deletes the key-value pair specified by the key.

## Request Syntax
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```
DELETE /key-value-stores/KvsARN/keys/Key HTTP/1.1
If-Match: IfMatch
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [IfMatch](#API_kvs_DeleteKey_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-kvs_DeleteKey-request-IfMatch"></a>
The current version (`ETag`) of the key value store that you are deleting keys from, which you can get by using the `DescribeKeyValueStore` API operation.  
Required: Yes

 ** [Key](#API_kvs_DeleteKey_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-kvs_DeleteKey-request-uri-Key"></a>
The key to delete.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.  
Required: Yes

 ** [KvsARN](#API_kvs_DeleteKey_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-kvs_DeleteKey-request-uri-KvsARN"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the key value store.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 2048.  
Required: Yes

## Request Body
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The request does not have a request body.

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
ETag: ETag
Content-type: application/json

{
   "ItemCount": number,
   "TotalSizeInBytes": number
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The response returns the following HTTP headers.

 ** [ETag](#API_kvs_DeleteKey_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-kvs_DeleteKey-response-ETag"></a>
The current version identifier of the key value store after the successful delete.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [ItemCount](#API_kvs_DeleteKey_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-kvs_DeleteKey-response-ItemCount"></a>
Number of key-value pairs in the key value store after the successful delete.  
Type: Integer

 ** [TotalSizeInBytes](#API_kvs_DeleteKey_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-kvs_DeleteKey-response-TotalSizeInBytes"></a>
Total size of the key value store after the successful delete, in bytes.  
Type: Long

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
Access denied.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** ConflictException **   
Resource is not in expected state.  
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** InternalServerException **   
Internal server error.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
Resource was not found.  
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ServiceQuotaExceededException **   
Limit exceeded.  
HTTP Status Code: 402

 ** ValidationException **   
Validation failed.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## 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/cloudfront-keyvaluestore-2022-07-26/DeleteKey) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/cloudfront-keyvaluestore-2022-07-26/DeleteKey) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/cloudfront-keyvaluestore-2022-07-26/DeleteKey) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/cloudfront-keyvaluestore-2022-07-26/DeleteKey) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/cloudfront-keyvaluestore-2022-07-26/DeleteKey) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/cloudfront-keyvaluestore-2022-07-26/DeleteKey) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/cloudfront-keyvaluestore-2022-07-26/DeleteKey) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/cloudfront-keyvaluestore-2022-07-26/DeleteKey) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/cloudfront-keyvaluestore-2022-07-26/DeleteKey) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/cloudfront-keyvaluestore-2022-07-26/DeleteKey)