# EnableImageDeregistrationProtection
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Enables deregistration protection for an AMI. When deregistration protection is enabled, the AMI can't be deregistered.

To allow the AMI to be deregistered, you must first disable deregistration protection.

For more information, see [Protect an Amazon EC2 AMI from deregistration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ami-deregistration-protection.html) in the *Amazon EC2 User Guide*.

## Request Parameters
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The following parameters are for this specific action. For more information about required and optional parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Query Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

 **DryRun**   
Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is `DryRunOperation`. Otherwise, it is `UnauthorizedOperation`.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 **ImageId**   
The ID of the AMI.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 **WithCooldown**   
If `true`, enforces deregistration protection for 24 hours after deregistration protection is disabled.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

## Response Elements
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The following elements are returned by the service.

 **requestId**   
The ID of the request.  
Type: String

 **return**   
Returns `true` if the request succeeds; otherwise, it returns an error.  
Type: String

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common client error codes](errors-overview.md#CommonErrors).

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/ec2-2016-11-15/EnableImageDeregistrationProtection) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/ec2-2016-11-15/EnableImageDeregistrationProtection) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/ec2-2016-11-15/EnableImageDeregistrationProtection) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/ec2-2016-11-15/EnableImageDeregistrationProtection) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ec2-2016-11-15/EnableImageDeregistrationProtection) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/ec2-2016-11-15/EnableImageDeregistrationProtection) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/ec2-2016-11-15/EnableImageDeregistrationProtection) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/ec2-2016-11-15/EnableImageDeregistrationProtection) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/ec2-2016-11-15/EnableImageDeregistrationProtection) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ec2-2016-11-15/EnableImageDeregistrationProtection)