# Deleting an event bus in Amazon EventBridge
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You can delete a custom or partner event bus. You cannot delete the default event bus. Deleting an event bus deletes the rules associated with that event bus.

**To delete an event bus using the EventBridge console**

1. Open the Amazon EventBridge console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/events/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/events/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Event buses**.

1. Choose the event bus you want to delete.

1. Do one of the following:
   + Choose **Delete**.
   + Choose the name of the event bus.

     On the event bus details page, choose **Delete**.