DELETE

/certificates/{certificateId}

http://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com/certificates/{certificateId}

Deletes the specified certificate. A certificate cannot be deleted if it has a policy or IoT thing attached to it or if its status is set to ACTIVE. To delete a certificate, first use the <a>DetachPolicy</a> action to detach all policies. Next, use the <a>UpdateCertificate</a> action to set the certificate to the INACTIVE status. Requires permission to access the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awsiot.html#awsiot-actions-as-permissions">DeleteCertificate</a> action.

Access Token Required: API Key

Path Parameters

certificateIdstringrequired

The ID of the certificate. (The last part of the certificate ARN contains the certificate ID.)

Query Params

forceDeleteboolean

Forces the deletion of a certificate if it is inactive and is not attached to an IoT thing.

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

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cURL Request

1curl --request DELETE \
2     --url 'http://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com/certificates/{certificateId}' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}