# DeleteInstance
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Deletes the instance of IAM Identity Center. Only the account that owns the instance can call this API. Neither the delegated administrator nor member account can delete the organization instance, but those roles can delete their own instance.

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

 ** [InstanceArn](#API_DeleteInstance_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="singlesignon-DeleteInstance-request-InstanceArn"></a>
The ARN of the instance of IAM Identity Center under which the operation will run.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 10. Maximum length of 1224.  
Pattern: `arn:aws(-[a-z]{1,5}){0,3}:sso:::instance/(sso)?ins-[a-zA-Z0-9-.]{16}`   
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).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.    
 ** Reason **   
The reason for the access denied exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ConflictException **   
Occurs when a conflict with a previous successful write is detected. This generally occurs when the previous write did not have time to propagate to the host serving the current request. A retry (with appropriate backoff logic) is the recommended response to this exception.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InternalServerException **   
The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception, or failure with an internal server.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ThrottlingException **   
Indicates that the principal has crossed the throttling limits of the API operations.    
 ** Reason **   
The reason for the throttling exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ValidationException **   
The request failed because it contains a syntax error.    
 ** Reason **   
The reason for the validation exception.
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/sso-admin-2020-07-20/DeleteInstance) 
+  [Amazon SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/DotNetSDKV4/sso-admin-2020-07-20/DeleteInstance) 
+  [Amazon SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForCpp/sso-admin-2020-07-20/DeleteInstance) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Go v2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForGoV2/sso-admin-2020-07-20/DeleteInstance) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Java V2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaV2/sso-admin-2020-07-20/DeleteInstance) 
+  [Amazon SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/sso-admin-2020-07-20/DeleteInstance) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForKotlin/sso-admin-2020-07-20/DeleteInstance) 
+  [Amazon SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForPHPV3/sso-admin-2020-07-20/DeleteInstance) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Python](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/boto3/sso-admin-2020-07-20/DeleteInstance) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForRubyV3/sso-admin-2020-07-20/DeleteInstance)