# Clear instructions for changing Airtable API to OAuth?

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-instructions-for-changing-airtable-api-to-oauth/66474>\
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**Created:** [September 24, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-instructions-for-changing-airtable-api-to-oauth/66474 "2023-09-24T03:52:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-instructions-for-changing-airtable-api-to-oauth/66474/2 "2023-09-24T07:49:19Z")

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Here’s the official word from the team.

> [@Airtable API Key deprecation](https://community.glideapps.com/t/airtable-api-key-deprecation/65328/4):
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> Thank you - I asked the team. You need to go through the OAuth process, then refresh the browser so the API key is removed. This should clear you up!

Here are the steps from @parisiam .

> [@Airtable API Key deprecation](https://community.glideapps.com/t/airtable-api-key-deprecation/65328/5):
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> Thank you all very much for your answers. Just to be clear, is this the process I should follow : Step 1 : inside my app, I select Airtable as a data new connection [step1] Step 2 : I choose “Add another data connection” and select the same Airtable base I’m already connected to [step2] Step 3 : I connect to the Airtable base through OAuth [step3] Step 4 : I edit the current Airtable API key and delete it [step4] Is this process ok ? Or from what you say, @Brett, the Step 4 …

> [@Updating my Airtable API connection 1 issue. 1 question](https://community.glideapps.com/t/updating-my-airtable-api-connection-1-issue-1-question/66009/2):
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> Hi, I had this issue (you mentioned my post in your message). It was fixed and I didn’t have to rebuild my apps. I was using Airtable API to connect to Airtable and wanted to switch to OAuth connection to anticipate Airtable API deprecation. So I added the OAuth connection to all the apps that connected to Airtable. At some point I had 2 connections to Airtable in my apps : the API connection and the OAuth connection. For some reason, I could not remove the API connection by myself. Glide…

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