/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb DELETE, /KEY, Qualifiers, /STATE  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

       /STATE=(state-name[,...])
       /NOSTATE (default)

    Specifies the name of the state for which the specified key
    definition is to be deleted. The default state is the current
    state. If you specify only one state name, you can omit the
    parentheses. State names can be any alphanumeric string.