# DeleteChannel
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Deletes a channel.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "Channel": "{{string}}"
}
```

## Request Parameters
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For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [Channel](#API_DeleteChannel_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="awscloudtrail-DeleteChannel-request-Channel"></a>
The ARN or the `UUID` value of the channel that you want to delete.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 3. Maximum length of 256.  
Pattern: `^[a-zA-Z0-9._/\-:]+$`   
Required: Yes

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

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** ChannelARNInvalidException **   
This exception is thrown when the specified value of `ChannelARN` is not valid.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ChannelNotFoundException **   
This exception is thrown when CloudTrail cannot find the specified channel.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** OperationNotPermittedException **   
This exception is thrown when the requested operation is not permitted.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** UnsupportedOperationException **   
This exception is thrown when the requested operation is not supported.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following:
+  [Amazon Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/cli2/cloudtrail-2013-11-01/DeleteChannel) 
+  [Amazon SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/DotNetSDKV4/cloudtrail-2013-11-01/DeleteChannel) 
+  [Amazon SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForCpp/cloudtrail-2013-11-01/DeleteChannel) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Go v2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForGoV2/cloudtrail-2013-11-01/DeleteChannel) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Java V2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaV2/cloudtrail-2013-11-01/DeleteChannel) 
+  [Amazon SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/cloudtrail-2013-11-01/DeleteChannel) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForKotlin/cloudtrail-2013-11-01/DeleteChannel) 
+  [Amazon SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForPHPV3/cloudtrail-2013-11-01/DeleteChannel) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Python](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/boto3/cloudtrail-2013-11-01/DeleteChannel) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForRubyV3/cloudtrail-2013-11-01/DeleteChannel)