API Queries - Delete Keyword

The delete_keyword function deletes a Keyword. Statistics for the keyword will still be available, but the keyword will be removed from your dashboard.

Additional Parameters

• keyword - Name of Keyword to delete. (Required)
• traffic_type - The traffic type, either "desktop", "mobile" or "all". (Required)
• geo_target - The Geo Target, either "all", "us", "uk", "ca", "au", "nz", "in", "br", "de", "fr", "nl", "it", or "es". (Required)

Example query and response:

In this example, we will be deleting the keyword "credit cards" that has the traffic type "desktop" and the geo target "all".

Example query:

Response:

<results>
<result Keyword="credit cards" Status="Deleted"/>
</results>

The above response means that the Keyword was successfully deleted from the system.

Error Responses:

Possible error responses for this function are:

• 412 - Keyword is a required argument for this mode.
• 412 - Traffic Type is a required argument for this mode.
• 412 - Geo Target is a required argument for this mode.
• 420 - Keyword not found.
• 421 - Keyword may only contain letters, digits and spaces.
• 421 - Traffic Type may only be "all","mobile","desktop".
• 429 - Geo Target is invalid.
• Other general errors, such as 200 - Internal Error or 300 - Username or password invalid.

For a complete list of error responses, see the Error Codes manual page.