DeleteGroup
Deletes a group. The group doesn't need to be empty to be deleted. If there are canaries in the group, they are not deleted when you delete the group.
Groups are a global resource that appear in all Regions, but the request to delete a group must be made from its home Region. You can find the home Region of a group within its ARN.
Request Syntax
DELETE /group/groupIdentifier HTTP/1.1
URI Request Parameters
The request uses the following URI parameters.
- groupIdentifier
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Specifies which group to delete. You can specify the group name, the ARN, or the group ID as the
GroupIdentifier.Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.
Required: Yes
Request Body
The request does not have a request body.
Response Syntax
HTTP/1.1 200
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.
- ConflictException
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A conflicting operation is already in progress.
HTTP Status Code: 409
- InternalServerException
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An unknown internal error occurred.
HTTP Status Code: 500
- ResourceNotFoundException
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One of the specified resources was not found.
HTTP Status Code: 404
- ValidationException
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A parameter could not be validated.
HTTP Status Code: 400
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
