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title: "How should API keys and other AI credentials be securely stored and managed in a .NET application?"  
description: "How should API keys and other AI credentials be securely stored and managed in a .NET application?"  
author: "Manish Kumar"  
published: 2026-08-06  
updated: 2026-08-06  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/117029/how-should-api-keys-and-other-ai-credentials-be-securely-stored-and-managed-in-a-dot-net-application  
category: "asp.net"  
tags: ["asp.net", "ai agent", "c#", ".net programming"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How should API keys and other AI credentials be securely stored and managed in a .NET application?

## How should API keys and other AI credentials be securely stored and managed in a .NET application?


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