{"id":899,"date":"2024-05-07T11:45:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T11:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/docs\/how-to-remove-an-api-key-from-plugin\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T08:40:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T08:40:46","password":"","slug":"how-to-remove-an-api-key-from-plugin","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/how-to-remove-an-api-key-from-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to remove the API Key from the plugin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you want to remove the API Key from the plugin settings, navigate to Settings > ShortPixel in your WordPress dashboard, and click on the <strong>Show API Key<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112617-1024x486.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112617-1024x486.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112617-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112617-768x365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112617-1536x729.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112617-2048x972.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112617-360x171.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Proceed to simply empty the API Key field, and then click on the &#8220;<strong>Save settings &amp; validate<\/strong>&#8221; button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112704-1024x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112704-1024x279.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112704-300x82.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112704-768x209.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112704-360x98.jpg 360w, https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112704.jpg 1175w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have done this, the API Key will be removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112735-1024x753.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112735-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112735-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112735-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112735-1536x1130.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112735-360x265.jpg 360w, https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-20241202_112735.jpg 1571w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to remove the API Key from the plugin settings, navigate to Settings > ShortPixel in your WordPress dashboard, and click on the Show API Key button. Proceed to simply empty the API Key field, and then click on the &#8220;Save settings &amp; validate&#8221; button. 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