# Do API keys expire?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-api-keys-expire/225161
**Category:** Elastic Search
**Tags:** elastic-app-search
**Created:** [March 26, 2020, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-api-keys-expire/225161 "2020-03-26T10:17:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@malik\_aditya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/malik_aditya)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2020, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-api-keys-expire/225161/1 "2020-03-26T10:17:12Z")
Hi
I wanted to know is there a life on these keys ( public/private/self-signed/admin)
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### Author:  [@JasonStoltz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JasonStoltz)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-api-keys-expire/225161/2 "2020-03-26T12:02:01Z")
If I understand what you are asking, then no, there is no life on keys. They do not expire.
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### Author:  [@malik\_aditya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/malik_aditya)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-api-keys-expire/225161/3 "2020-03-26T12:08:28Z")
Yes just wanted to confirm that.
Thanks for the quick response.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-api-keys-expire/225161/4 "2020-04-23T12:08:34Z")
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