DeleteTrail - AWS CloudTrail

DeleteTrail

Deletes a trail. This operation must be called from the Region in which the trail was created. DeleteTrail cannot be called on the shadow trails (replicated trails in other Regions) of a trail that is enabled in all Regions.

Request Syntax

{ "Name": "string" }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

Name

Specifies the name or the CloudTrail ARN of the trail to be deleted. The following is the format of a trail ARN. arn:aws:cloudtrail:us-east-2:123456789012:trail/MyTrail

Type: String

Required: Yes

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

CloudTrailARNInvalidException

This exception is thrown when an operation is called with an ARN that is not valid.

The following is the format of a trail ARN: arn:aws:cloudtrail:us-east-2:123456789012:trail/MyTrail

The following is the format of an event data store ARN: arn:aws:cloudtrail:us-east-2:123456789012:eventdatastore/EXAMPLE-f852-4e8f-8bd1-bcf6cEXAMPLE

The following is the format of a channel ARN: arn:aws:cloudtrail:us-east-2:123456789012:channel/01234567890

HTTP Status Code: 400

ConflictException

This exception is thrown when the specified resource is not ready for an operation. This can occur when you try to run an operation on a resource before CloudTrail has time to fully load the resource, or because another operation is modifying the resource. If this exception occurs, wait a few minutes, and then try the operation again.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InsufficientDependencyServiceAccessPermissionException

This exception is thrown when the IAM identity that is used to create the organization resource lacks one or more required permissions for creating an organization resource in a required service.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidHomeRegionException

This exception is thrown when an operation is called on a trail from a Region other than the Region in which the trail was created.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidTrailNameException

This exception is thrown when the provided trail name is not valid. Trail names must meet the following requirements:

  • Contain only ASCII letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), periods (.), underscores (_), or dashes (-)

  • Start with a letter or number, and end with a letter or number

  • Be between 3 and 128 characters

  • Have no adjacent periods, underscores or dashes. Names like my-_namespace and my--namespace are not valid.

  • Not be in IP address format (for example, 192.168.5.4)

HTTP Status Code: 400

NoManagementAccountSLRExistsException

This exception is thrown when the management account does not have a service-linked role.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotOrganizationMasterAccountException

This exception is thrown when the AWS account making the request to create or update an organization trail or event data store is not the management account for an organization in AWS Organizations. For more information, see Prepare For Creating a Trail For Your Organization or Organization event data stores.

HTTP Status Code: 400

OperationNotPermittedException

This exception is thrown when the requested operation is not permitted.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ThrottlingException

This exception is thrown when the request rate exceeds the limit.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TrailNotFoundException

This exception is thrown when the trail with the given name is not found.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnsupportedOperationException

This exception is thrown when the requested operation is not supported.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: