# Deleting an Amazon ECS capacity provider
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If you are finished using an Auto Scaling group capacity provider, you can delete it. After the group is deleted, the Auto Scaling group capacity provider transitions to the `INACTIVE` state. Capacity providers with an `INACTIVE` status may remain discoverable in your account for a period of time. However, this behavior is subject to change in the future, so you should not rely on `INACTIVE` capacity providers persisting. Before the Auto Scaling group capacity provider is deleted, the capacity provider must be removed from the capacity provider strategy from all services. You can use the `UpdateService` API or the update service workflow in the Amazon ECS console to remove a capacity provider from a service's capacity provider strategy. Use the **Force new deployment** option to ensure that any tasks using the Amazon EC2 instance capacity provided by the capacity provider are transitioned to use the capacity from the remaining capacity providers.

**To delete a capacity provider for the cluster (Amazon ECS console)**

1. Open the console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/ecs/v2](https://console.amazonaws.cn/ecs/v2).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Clusters**.

1. On the **Clusters** page, choose the cluster.

1. On the **Cluster : {{name}}** page, choose **Infrastructure**, the Auto Scaling group, and then choose **Delete**.

1. In the confirmation box, enter **delete {{Auto Scaling group name}}**

1. Choose **Delete**.