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Delete a Consumer

Deleting a Consumer also deletes all its credentials. After that, the API Gateway rejects requests that authenticate with those credentials (error 401).

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Before you delete, make sure no application still calls APIs with the credentials of this Consumer.

Step 1–2Open the Consumer screen and click ⋮ → Delete on the row of the Consumer
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Step 1–2: Open the Consumer screen and click ⋮ → Delete on the row of the Consumer

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Delete a Consumer​

To delete a Consumer, follow these steps:

  1. In the left menu, select API Gateway → Consumer, then select the API Gateway in the top-right corner.

  2. On the row of the Consumer you want to delete, click ⋮ → Delete.

Consumer action menu with the Update and Delete actions

  1. In the Delete Consumer dialog, enter delete in the confirmation field. The keyword is case-sensitive.

Delete Consumer dialog with delete entered

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This action cannot be undone.

  1. Click Delete. The button is enabled only after you enter delete.

The message Consumer deleted successfully appears, and the Consumer disappears from the list right away.

Consumer deleted successfully message

Next steps​

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