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Use DeleteVpnGateway with a CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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There are more AWS SDK examples available in the AWS Doc SDK Examples GitHub repo.

Use DeleteVpnGateway with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use DeleteVpnGateway.

CLI
AWS CLI

To delete a virtual private gateway

This example deletes the specified virtual private gateway. If the command succeeds, no output is returned.

Command:

aws ec2 delete-vpn-gateway --vpn-gateway-id vgw-9a4cacf3
PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example deletes the specified virtual private gateway. You are prompted for confirmation before the operation proceeds, unless you also specify the Force parameter.

Remove-EC2VpnGateway -VpnGatewayId vgw-1a2b3c4d

Output:

Confirm Are you sure you want to perform this action? Performing operation "Remove-EC2VpnGateway (DeleteVpnGateway)" on Target "vgw-1a2b3c4d". [Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"):
  • For API details, see DeleteVpnGateway in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

AWS CLI

To delete a virtual private gateway

This example deletes the specified virtual private gateway. If the command succeeds, no output is returned.

Command:

aws ec2 delete-vpn-gateway --vpn-gateway-id vgw-9a4cacf3
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