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Use DeleteOrganizationalUnit with an AWS SDK or 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 DeleteOrganizationalUnit with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use DeleteOrganizationalUnit.

.NET
AWS SDK for .NET
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

using System; using System.Threading.Tasks; using Amazon.Organizations; using Amazon.Organizations.Model; /// <summary> /// Shows how to delete an existing AWS Organizations organizational unit. /// </summary> public class DeleteOrganizationalUnit { /// <summary> /// Initializes the Organizations client object and calls /// DeleteOrganizationalUnitAsync to delete the organizational unit /// with the selected ID. /// </summary> public static async Task Main() { // Create the client object using the default account. IAmazonOrganizations client = new AmazonOrganizationsClient(); var orgUnitId = "ou-0000-00000000"; var request = new DeleteOrganizationalUnitRequest { OrganizationalUnitId = orgUnitId, }; var response = await client.DeleteOrganizationalUnitAsync(request); if (response.HttpStatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK) { Console.WriteLine($"Successfully deleted the organizational unit with ID: {orgUnitId}."); } else { Console.WriteLine($"Could not delete the organizational unit with ID: {orgUnitId}."); } } }
CLI
AWS CLI

To delete an OU

The following example shows how to delete an OU. The example assumes that you previously removed all accounts and other OUs from the OU:

aws organizations delete-organizational-unit --organizational-unit-id ou-examplerootid111-exampleouid111
AWS SDK for .NET
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

using System; using System.Threading.Tasks; using Amazon.Organizations; using Amazon.Organizations.Model; /// <summary> /// Shows how to delete an existing AWS Organizations organizational unit. /// </summary> public class DeleteOrganizationalUnit { /// <summary> /// Initializes the Organizations client object and calls /// DeleteOrganizationalUnitAsync to delete the organizational unit /// with the selected ID. /// </summary> public static async Task Main() { // Create the client object using the default account. IAmazonOrganizations client = new AmazonOrganizationsClient(); var orgUnitId = "ou-0000-00000000"; var request = new DeleteOrganizationalUnitRequest { OrganizationalUnitId = orgUnitId, }; var response = await client.DeleteOrganizationalUnitAsync(request); if (response.HttpStatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK) { Console.WriteLine($"Successfully deleted the organizational unit with ID: {orgUnitId}."); } else { Console.WriteLine($"Could not delete the organizational unit with ID: {orgUnitId}."); } } }
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