Remove a Meta Key from Select Merchants {#keys-meta-assign-all-revoke-selection}
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Follow these steps to remove a meta key from specific transacting MIDs that it is assigned to.

> IMPORTANT
> Removing a meta key does not delete the key. To delete a meta key, see [Delete a Meta Key](/docs/vas/en-us/security-keys/user/all/ada/security-keys/keys-meta-intro/keys-meta-delete.md "").

1. On the left navigation panel of the `Business Center`, choose ![](/content/dam/new-documentation/documentation/en-us/common/images/ebc/ebc-icon-pymt-config.svg/jcr:content/renditions/original) **Payment Configuration \> Key Management**.
2. Find the key that you want to remove by searching and filtering.
3. In the Edit Key column, click the ![](/content/dam/new-documentation/documentation/en-us/common/images/ebc/ebc-bttn-edit.svg/jcr:content/renditions/original) edit button.  
   The Edit Key page appears.
4. Verify that the **Meta Key** check box is checked.
5. Verify that **Custom MID selection** is selected.  
   ![](/content/dam/new-documentation/documentation/en-us/topics/payments-processing/payment-services/sec-keys/images/security-keys-meta-merch-assign.png/jcr:content/renditions/original)
6. Click **+ Add custom merchant ids**.
7. Select the MIDs that you want to remove the meta key from.  
   To filter MIDs, click **+ Add filter** , select a filter, and click **Search** . Click **Save**.  
   ![](/content/dam/new-documentation/documentation/en-us/topics/payments-processing/payment-services/sec-keys/images/meta3.PNG/jcr:content/renditions/original)
8. Click **Submit** when done.  
   The Key Generation page appears.