Abstract: A slide key is provided. The slide key comprises a housing having a socket defining an axis and having a recess at a predetermined location therein. This recess communicates with the socket. A slide bar correspondingly shaped relative to the socket is fittable therein and has a hollow depression positioned at a portion thereof corresponding to the predetermined location and being communicable with the recess. The slide bar has a projection extending radially within the depression, and an indented surface extending from the projection for a predetermined distance along the slide bar. A lock locatable within the recess has a peg extending therebelow. The peg is alternately engageable with the projection so as to lock the slide bar into a particular axial position and disengageable with the projection so as to release the slide bar.