POST
/#Action=DeleteSecurityGroup
http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=DeleteSecurityGroup<p>Deletes a security group.</p> <p>If you attempt to delete a security group that is associated with an instance, or is referenced by another security group, the operation fails with <code>InvalidGroup.InUse</code> in EC2-Classic or <code>DependencyViolation</code> in EC2-VPC.</p> <note> <p>We are retiring EC2-Classic. We recommend that you migrate from EC2-Classic to a VPC. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/vpc-migrate.html">Migrate from EC2-Classic to a VPC</a> in the <i>Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide</i>.</p> </note>
Access Token Required: API Key
Query Params
Actionstringrequired
Allowed:
Versionstringrequired
Allowed:
Responses
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": "abc123",
"created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}Language
CredentialsAPI KEY
API Key
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cURL Request
1curl --request POST \2 --url 'http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=DeleteSecurityGroup' \3 --header 'accept: application/json' \4 --header 'content-type: application/json'Response
1{2 "success": true,3 "data": {4 "id": "abc123",5 "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"6 }7}