# DeleteEvaluationResults
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Deletes the evaluation results for the specified Amazon Config rule. You can specify one Amazon Config rule per request. After you delete the evaluation results, you can call the [StartConfigRulesEvaluation](API_StartConfigRulesEvaluation.md) API to start evaluating your Amazon resources against the rule.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "ConfigRuleName": "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.

 ** [ConfigRuleName](#API_DeleteEvaluationResults_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="config-DeleteEvaluationResults-request-ConfigRuleName"></a>
The name of the Amazon Config rule for which you want to delete the evaluation results.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.  
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).

 ** NoSuchConfigRuleException **   
The Amazon Config rule in the request is not valid. Verify that the rule is an Amazon Config Process Check rule, that the rule name is correct, and that valid Amazon Resouce Names (ARNs) are used before trying again.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ResourceInUseException **   
You see this exception in the following cases:   
+ For DeleteConfigRule, Amazon Config is deleting this rule. Try your request again later.
+ For DeleteConfigRule, the rule is deleting your evaluation results. Try your request again later.
+ For DeleteConfigRule, a remediation action is associated with the rule and Amazon Config cannot delete this rule. Delete the remediation action associated with the rule before deleting the rule and try your request again later.
+ For PutConfigOrganizationRule, organization Amazon Config rule deletion is in progress. Try your request again later.
+ For DeleteOrganizationConfigRule, organization Amazon Config rule creation is in progress. Try your request again later.
+ For PutConformancePack and PutOrganizationConformancePack, a conformance pack creation, update, and deletion is in progress. Try your request again later.
+ For DeleteConformancePack, a conformance pack creation, update, and deletion is in progress. Try your request again later.
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/config-2014-11-12/DeleteEvaluationResults) 
+  [Amazon SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/DotNetSDKV4/config-2014-11-12/DeleteEvaluationResults) 
+  [Amazon SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForCpp/config-2014-11-12/DeleteEvaluationResults) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Go v2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForGoV2/config-2014-11-12/DeleteEvaluationResults) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Java V2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaV2/config-2014-11-12/DeleteEvaluationResults) 
+  [Amazon SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/config-2014-11-12/DeleteEvaluationResults) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForKotlin/config-2014-11-12/DeleteEvaluationResults) 
+  [Amazon SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForPHPV3/config-2014-11-12/DeleteEvaluationResults) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Python](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/boto3/config-2014-11-12/DeleteEvaluationResults) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForRubyV3/config-2014-11-12/DeleteEvaluationResults)