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title: How to get a Mailcow API Key
description: "Login to your Mailcow installation and navigate to Configuration > Access > Edit administrator details > API. There you will find a collapsed API menu. ![](https://wpemailmanager.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image.png) Create an API key with Read-Write access and you can limit its access to…"
url: "https://wpemailmanager.com/docs/how-to-get-a-mailcow-api-key/"
updated: "2021-10-16"
category: Email Servers / Mailcow
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# How to get a Mailcow API Key

Login to your Mailcow installation and navigate to Configuration > Access > Edit administrator details > API. There you will find a collapsed API menu.

![](https://wpemailmanager.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image.png)

Create an API key with Read-Write access and you can limit its access to specific IPs.