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title: Creating and deleting API groups
description: To create an application programming interface (API) group, click Create New API group on the top-right corner. Fill in the following details for the new API group, and click Save:
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# Creating and deleting API groups

## Steps

* To create an application programming interface (API) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
  \<p>A specification of interactions available for building software to access an application or service.\</p>
  \</div>)* group, click **Create New API group** on the top-right corner. Fill in the following details for the new API group, and click **Save**:

  * **Group name**: The display name of the API group.

  * **Group description**: Additional information about the API group.

  * **Custom attribute key**: The metadata key for the API group.

  * **Custom attribute value**: Metadata about the API group. This can be used in search operations.

    ![Screen capture of PingIntelligence create new API group popup window showing.](_images/bye1640167393569.png)

* Click the **Pencil** ![nua1601190800641](_images/nua1601190800641.png) icon, to edit an API group. You can modify the metadata of the group.

* Click the **Delete** ![flm1601182421248](_images/flm1601182421248.png) icon on the bottom-right corner of the API group, to delete an API group. APIs in the group that are not part of any other API groups, will be added to the default API group. You cannot delete the default API group.