Deletes the specified alias.
Adding, deleting, or updating an alias can allow or deny permission to the KMS key. For details, see
ABAC for KMS in the
Key Management Service Developer Guide.
Because an alias is not a property of a KMS key, you can delete and change the aliases of a KMS key without affecting the KMS key. Also, aliases do not appear in the response from the
DescribeKey operation. To get the aliases of all KMS keys, use the
ListAliases operation.
Each KMS key can have multiple aliases. To change the alias of a KMS key, use
DeleteAlias to delete the current alias and
CreateAlias to create a new alias. To associate an existing alias with a different KMS key, call
UpdateAlias.
Cross-account use: No. You cannot perform this operation on an alias in a different Amazon Web Services account.
Required permissions For details, see
Controlling access to aliases in the
Key Management Service Developer Guide.
Related operations: