# Immediately invalidate an ephemeral key

Invalidates a short-lived API key for a given resource.

## Request

```curl
curl -X DELETE https://api.stripe.com/v1/ephemeral_keys/ephkey_1Mr6PhLkdIwHu7ix9Al0eucz \
  -u "<<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>>"
```

### Response

```json
{
  "id": "ephkey_1Mr6PhLkdIwHu7ix9Al0eucz",
  "object": "ephemeral_key",
  "associated_objects": [
    {
      "type": "customer",
      "id": "cus_NcCEBjJZgYGgljz"
    }
  ],
  "created": 1680226347,
  "expires": 1680229947,
  "livemode": false
}
```

## Returns

Returns the key object.