Manage API credentials for developers

Last updated on Aug 3, 2026

Developers you add to product profiles can create API credentials on Adobe Developer Console. To be used, a credential must be associated with one or more product profiles, and API calls then run with those profiles' permissions. Admins control an application's access by changing the product profiles tied to its credential.

For example, a developer might be given only a Test profile while building an application. When it is ready for production, a System or Product Profile admin removes the credential from the Test profile and adds it to a Production profile. After that, the developer can no longer manage the credential from the Adobe Developer Console. Developers are usually not given admin privileges on the Admin Console.

From the Users tab on the Admin Console, you can edit API credentials to add or remove product profiles.

In the Admin Console, go to Users > API Credentials.

Select the row for the API credential that you need to edit.

Note

Do not click the user's name.

In the API credential details drawer on the right, select the More Options icon, and select Edit.

In the Edit API Credential screen, choose a product and then select one or more product profiles from the drop-down list to add to the API credential.

Alternately, you can remove product profiles from this API credential.

Select Save.

In the Admin Console, go to Products.

Select the desired product in the left rail.

Select a product profile from the list and go to the API Credentials tab.

Select Add API Credentials.

In the Add API Credential to Product Profile screen, choose one or more API credentials to add to this product profile.

Select Save. The selected API credentials are added to this product profile.

 

Caution

Removing an API credential from a product profile terminates the external application's access to the product associated with this profile. This can cause external applications to fail.

In the Admin Console, go to Products.

Select the desired product in the left rail.

Select a product profile from the list and go to the API Credentials tab.

To remove one or more API credentials from this product profile, select the checkbox to the left of the API credential name.

Select Remove API Credentials in the upper-right corner of the API Credentials tab.

In the Remove API Credential screen, select Remove.

The selected API credentials are removed from this product profile.