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You need a root key with the permissions listed on this page. Create one in the dashboard under Settings > Root Keys. See Permission reference for every permission.
Delete an together with its , deployments, and custom domains. Deletion runs in the background: a successful response means it has started, not that everything is gone yet. An app with delete protection enabled is refused until you disable it with update-app.

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Usage

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Flags

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string
required
App ID or slug.
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string
required
Project ID or slug. Both forms resolve to the same project.

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Shared flags

Every unkey api command accepts these; CLI output and shared flags describes them in full.
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string
A JSON document sent as the request body instead of building it from the flags above. It is mutually exclusive with the request-building flags, and unknown fields are rejected locally. See Send a raw body.
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string
Root key for the request. Falls back to UNKEY_ROOT_KEY, then to the config file written by unkey auth login. See CLI authentication.
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string
default:"https://api.unkey.com"
Base URL of the API. Falls back to UNKEY_API_BASE_URL. You don’t normally need to set it.
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string
default:"~/.unkey/config.toml"
Path of the TOML file that unkey auth login writes. Falls back to UNKEY_CONFIG.
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string
Output format. Falls back to UNKEY_OUTPUT. Set json to print the full response envelope (meta and data) for piping; any other value prints the request ID followed by data.

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Required permissions

Your root key needs one of:
  • app.*.delete_app (any app)
  • app.<app_id>.delete_app (a specific app)
Without a matching permission the API answers 403 and the CLI prints Permission denied: followed by the detail. See Root key permissions for the full catalog.

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Examples

Delete an app:
Send the request body as JSON:

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API endpoint

The command calls POST /v2/apps.deleteApp and prints its response. The request fields carry the same names as the flags in camelCase, which is the shape --body expects.
Last modified on September 29, 2026