> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.intentleads.si/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Remove a keyword

> Removes a keyword from a lane, matched on its exact text (case-insensitive). Checks and exports stop using it straight away; the lane's counts update at its next check.

**Free.** This doesn't use any contacts from your plan.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json delete /api/v1/lanes/{code}/keywords
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Intent Leads API
  version: '1.0'
  description: >-
    The Intent Leads API finds B2B people actively researching the topics you
    sell into, and exports them with contact details into your own tools.


    **Authentication.** Send an API key as a bearer token: `Authorization:
    Bearer il_live_…`. Keys belong to one organization. Standard keys work with
    everything except billing, team and key management, which need an admin key.


    **What costs contacts.** Only `POST /api/v1/exports` with `"dry_run": false`
    uses contacts from your plan. Quotes, counts, checks, samples and
    re-downloads are free.


    **Errors.** Every error is JSON: `{"error": "code", "message":
    "Plain-English explanation"}`. Codes are stable; messages may change.


    **Conventions.** JSON by default. Dates are `YYYY-MM-DD` and timestamps ISO
    8601, all in UTC. Lane codes (`L1`) are case-insensitive.
servers:
  - url: https://intentleads.si
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Exports
    description: Quote (free) and buy new people from your lanes, then download them.
  - name: Leads
    description: Pull and re-download the leads you've exported, and list deliveries.
  - name: Lanes
    description: >-
      Create, inspect and tune lanes: keywords plus the companies and roles you
      want.
  - name: Keywords
    description: Add and remove a lane's keywords; each one is approved as its own topic.
  - name: Checks
    description: >-
      Free lane checks that size every filter step over 14 days, plus quick
      topic signals.
  - name: Company list
    description: >-
      The target-company list your lanes can narrow to or use instead of
      industries.
  - name: Suppressions
    description: People you exported who later asked to be removed.
  - name: Usage
    description: Contacts used and left this billing period.
  - name: Billing
    description: Plan, invoices and plan changes. Admin keys only.
  - name: Team
    description: Members and invite links. Admin keys only.
  - name: API keys
    description: Create, rename, rotate and revoke API keys. Admin keys only.
  - name: Account
    description: Check which organization a key belongs to and its role.
  - name: Reference
    description: Valid values for lane filters.
  - name: Activity
    description: A feed of changes and events in your organization.
paths:
  /api/v1/lanes/{code}/keywords:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Keywords
      summary: Remove a keyword
      description: >-
        Removes a keyword from a lane, matched on its exact text
        (case-insensitive). Checks and exports stop using it straight away; the
        lane's counts update at its next check.


        **Free.** This doesn't use any contacts from your plan.
      operationId: removeKeyword
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/LaneCode'
        - name: keyword
          in: query
          required: true
          description: The keyword to remove, exact text (case-insensitive).
          schema:
            type: string
          example: finding medical device distributors
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Keyword removed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  lane:
                    type: string
                  removed:
                    type: string
                    description: The keyword as it was stored.
                required:
                  - lane
                  - removed
              example:
                lane: L1
                removed: finding medical device distributors
        '400':
          description: No keyword given, or it couldn't be removed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                keyword_required:
                  value:
                    error: keyword_required
                    message: Pass ?keyword=… to remove.
                invalid_keyword:
                  value:
                    error: invalid_keyword
                    message: Couldn't remove the keyword. Try again.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          description: No such lane, or the keyword isn't in it.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                lane_not_found:
                  value:
                    error: lane_not_found
                    message: No lane L9.
                keyword_not_found:
                  value:
                    error: keyword_not_found
                    message: That keyword isn't in this lane.
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
components:
  parameters:
    LaneCode:
      name: code
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Lane code, e.g. `L1`. Case-insensitive.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: L1
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          example: lane_not_found
          description: Stable machine-readable code, e.g. `lane_not_found`.
        message:
          type: string
          example: No lane L9.
          description: Plain-English explanation you can show to a person.
      required:
        - error
        - message
      description: Every error has this shape.
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing, malformed, unknown or revoked API key.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          examples:
            unauthorized:
              value:
                error: unauthorized
                message: 'Send a valid API key as: Authorization: Bearer il_live_…'
    InternalError:
      description: >-
        Unexpected server error. Safe to retry reads; retry an export only with
        the same `idempotency_key`.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          examples:
            internal_error:
              value:
                error: internal_error
                message: Something went wrong. Try again.
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: il_live_…
      description: >-
        An Intent Leads API key, e.g. `il_live_` followed by 32 letters and
        digits. Create one on the API and CLI page of the dashboard.

````

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