servicePrincipal: removeKey

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Remove a key credential from a servicePrincipal. This method along with addKey can be used by a servicePrincipal to automate rolling its expiring keys.

Note

Create servicePrincipal and Update servicePrincipal operations can continue to be used to add and update key credentials for any servicePrincipal with or without a user's context.

As part of the request validation for this method, a proof of possession of an existing key is verified before the action can be performed.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) Application.ReadWrite.All Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application Application.ReadWrite.OwnedBy Application.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

You can address the service principal using either its id or appId. id and appId are referred to as the Object ID and Application (Client) ID, respectively, in app registrations in the Microsoft Entra admin center.

POST /serviceprincipals/{id}/removeKey
POST /servicePrincipals(appId='{appId}')/removeKey

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, provide the following required properties.

Property Type Description
keyId Guid The unique identifier for the password.
proof String A self-signed JWT token used as a proof of possession of the existing keys. This JWT token must be signed with a private key that corresponds to one of the existing valid certificates associated with the servicePrincipal. The token should contain the following claims:
  • aud: Audience needs to be 00000002-0000-0000-c000-000000000000.
  • iss: Issuer needs to be the ID of the servicePrincipal that initiates the request.
  • nbf: Not before time.
  • exp: Expiration time should be the value of nbf + 10 minutes.

For steps to generate this proof of possession token, see Generating proof of possession tokens for rolling keys.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 204 No content response code.

Examples

The following is example shows how to call this API.

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/servicePrincipals/{id}/removeKey
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "keyId": "f0b0b335-1d71-4883-8f98-567911bfdca6",
    "proof":"eyJ0eXAiOiJ..."
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content