# DeleteTask
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Deletes a transfer task resource from AWS DataSync.

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

 ** [TaskArn](#API_DeleteTask_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DataSync-DeleteTask-request-TaskArn"></a>
Specifies the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the task that you want to delete.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 128.  
Pattern: `^arn:(aws|aws-cn|aws-us-gov|aws-eusc|aws-iso|aws-iso-b):datasync:[a-z\-0-9]+:[0-9]{12}:task/task-[0-9a-f]{17}$`   
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).

 ** InternalException **   
This exception is thrown when an error occurs in the AWS DataSync service.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** InvalidRequestException **   
This exception is thrown when the client submits a malformed request.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## 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/datasync-2018-11-09/DeleteTask) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/datasync-2018-11-09/DeleteTask) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/datasync-2018-11-09/DeleteTask) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/datasync-2018-11-09/DeleteTask) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/datasync-2018-11-09/DeleteTask) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/datasync-2018-11-09/DeleteTask) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/datasync-2018-11-09/DeleteTask) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/datasync-2018-11-09/DeleteTask) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/datasync-2018-11-09/DeleteTask) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/datasync-2018-11-09/DeleteTask)