# TerminateWorkspaces
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Terminates the specified WorkSpaces.

**Important**  
Terminating a WorkSpace is a permanent action and cannot be undone. The user's data is destroyed. If you need to archive any user data, contact Amazon Web Services Support before terminating the WorkSpace.

You can terminate a WorkSpace that is in any state except `SUSPENDED`.

This operation is asynchronous and returns before the WorkSpaces have been completely terminated. After a WorkSpace is terminated, the `TERMINATED` state is returned only briefly before the WorkSpace directory metadata is cleaned up, so this state is rarely returned. To confirm that a WorkSpace is terminated, check for the WorkSpace ID by using [ DescribeWorkSpaces](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/workspaces/latest/api/API_DescribeWorkspaces.html). If the WorkSpace ID isn't returned, then the WorkSpace has been successfully terminated.

**Note**  
Simple AD and AD Connector are made available to you free of charge to use with WorkSpaces. If there are no WorkSpaces being used with your Simple AD or AD Connector directory for 30 consecutive days, this directory will be automatically deregistered for use with Amazon WorkSpaces, and you will be charged for this directory as per the [Amazon Directory Service pricing terms](http://www.amazonaws.cn/directoryservice/pricing/).  
To delete empty directories, see [ Delete the Directory for Your WorkSpaces](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/workspaces/latest/adminguide/delete-workspaces-directory.html). If you delete your Simple AD or AD Connector directory, you can always create a new one when you want to start using WorkSpaces again.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "TerminateWorkspaceRequests": [ 
      { 
         "WorkspaceId": "string"
      }
   ]
}
```

## Request Parameters
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [TerminateWorkspaceRequests](#API_TerminateWorkspaces_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="WorkSpaces-TerminateWorkspaces-request-TerminateWorkspaceRequests"></a>
The WorkSpaces to terminate. You can specify up to 25 WorkSpaces.  
Type: Array of [TerminateRequest](API_TerminateRequest.md) objects  
Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 25 items.  
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "FailedRequests": [ 
      { 
         "ErrorCode": "string",
         "ErrorMessage": "string",
         "WorkspaceId": "string"
      }
   ]
}
```

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

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [FailedRequests](#API_TerminateWorkspaces_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="WorkSpaces-TerminateWorkspaces-response-FailedRequests"></a>
Information about the WorkSpaces that could not be terminated.  
Type: Array of [FailedWorkspaceChangeRequest](API_FailedWorkspaceChangeRequest.md) objects

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

## 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/workspaces-2015-04-08/TerminateWorkspaces) 
+  [Amazon SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/DotNetSDKV4/workspaces-2015-04-08/TerminateWorkspaces) 
+  [Amazon SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForCpp/workspaces-2015-04-08/TerminateWorkspaces) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Go v2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForGoV2/workspaces-2015-04-08/TerminateWorkspaces) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Java V2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaV2/workspaces-2015-04-08/TerminateWorkspaces) 
+  [Amazon SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/workspaces-2015-04-08/TerminateWorkspaces) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForKotlin/workspaces-2015-04-08/TerminateWorkspaces) 
+  [Amazon SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForPHPV3/workspaces-2015-04-08/TerminateWorkspaces) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Python](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/boto3/workspaces-2015-04-08/TerminateWorkspaces) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForRubyV3/workspaces-2015-04-08/TerminateWorkspaces)