curl -X PATCH 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/service-accounts/service-account-user-id/api-keys/api-key-id' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "is_enabled": "no_update",
  "name": "example-name",
  "permissions": "no_update",
  "character_limit": "no_update",
  "allowed_ips": "no_update",
  "third_party_disable_allowed": "no_update",
  "tts_concurrency_limit": "no_update",
  "dubbing_concurrency_limit": "no_update",
  "music_concurrency_limit": "no_update"
}'

# PATCH /v1/service-accounts/{service_account_user_id}/api-keys/{api_key_id} (ElevenLabs API)
Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Edit Service Account Api Key

## Critical Gotchas
* Authentication uses the non-standard `xi-api-key` header, not `Authorization: Bearer`. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.
* Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (`--output speech.mp3`) rather than parsing it.

## cURL
curl -X PATCH 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/service-accounts/service-account-user-id/api-keys/api-key-id' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"is_enabled":"no_update","name":"example-name"}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| service_account_user_id | path | string | Yes | path parameter service_account_user_id. |
| api_key_id | path | string | Yes | path parameter api_key_id. |
| is_enabled | body | boolean | No | Whether to enable or disable the API... |
Other params: name, permissions, character_limit, allowed_ips, third_party_disable_allowed, tts_concurrency_limit, dubbing_concurrency_limit, music_concurrency_limit

## Response (200 OK)
{}

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PATCH

PATCH /v1/service-accounts/{service_account_user_id}/api-keys/{api_key_id} — ElevenLabs API

ElevenLabs API

Edit Service Account Api Key

Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

Authentication uses the non-standard xi-api-key header, not Authorization: Bearer. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.

Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (--output speech.mp3) rather than parsing it.

cURL

curl -X PATCH 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/service-accounts/service-account-user-id/api-keys/api-key-id' \  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "is_enabled": "no_update",  "name": "example-name",  "permissions": "no_update",  "character_limit": "no_update",  "allowed_ips": "no_update",  "third_party_disable_allowed": "no_update",  "tts_concurrency_limit": "no_update",  "dubbing_concurrency_limit": "no_update",  "music_concurrency_limit": "no_update"}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
service_account_user_id	path	string	Yes	path parameter service_account_user_id.
api_key_id	path	string	Yes	path parameter api_key_id.
is_enabled	body	boolean	No	Whether to enable or disable the API key.
name	body	string	No	The name of the XI API key to use (used for identification purposes only).
permissions	body	string[]	No	The permissions of the XI API.
character_limit	body	integer	No	The character limit of the XI API key. If provided this will limit the usage of this api key to n characters per month where n is the chosen value. Requests that incur charges will fail after reaching this monthly limit.
allowed_ips	body	string[]	No	List of IP addresses or CIDR ranges allowed to use this API key. Each entry may be a CIDR range (e.g. '10.0.0.0/24') or a bare IP address (normalized to /32 or /128). On create, omit or pass null to allow all IPs. On update, omit to leave the allowlist unchanged, or pass "clear" to remove it.
third_party_disable_allowed	body	boolean	No	Whether the holder of this key may disable it via the self-disable endpoint. On create, omit or pass null to use the workspace's default (enabled for non-Enterprise plans, disabled for Enterprise plans). On update, omit to leave it unchanged, or pass "clear" to reset it to the workspace default. Only honored for workspaces with self-disable access enabled.
tts_concurrency_limit	body	integer	No	Maximum concurrent text-to-speech/speech-to-speech requests for this API key. Only available for enterprise customers.
dubbing_concurrency_limit	body	integer	No	Maximum concurrent dubbing requests for this API key. Only available for enterprise customers.
music_concurrency_limit	body	integer	No	Maximum concurrent music generation requests for this API key. Only available for enterprise customers.

Response 200 OK

{}

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