# Deleting an Amazon DocumentDB subnet group
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You can use the AWS Management Console or AWS CLI to delete an Amazon DocumentDB subnet group. However, you cannot delete the `default` subnet group.

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#### [ Using the AWS Management Console ]

You can use the AWS Management Console to delete a subnet group. But you can't delete the `default` subnet group.

**To delete a subnet group**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console, and open the Amazon DocumentDB console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/docdb](https://console.aws.amazon.com/docdb).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Subnet groups**. Then choose the button to the left of the subnet group's name. Remember that you can't delete the `default` subnet group.
**Tip**  
If you don't see the navigation pane on the left side of your screen, choose the menu icon (![\[Hamburger menu icon with three horizontal lines.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/documentdb/latest/developerguide/images/docdb-menu-icon.png)) in the upper-left corner of the page.

1. Choose **Actions**, and then choose **Delete**.

1. In the confirmation dialog box:
   + To delete the subnet group, choose **Delete**.
   + To keep the subnet group, choose **Cancel**.

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#### [ Using the AWS CLI ]

To delete an Amazon DocumentDB subnet group using the AWS CLI, use the `delete-db-subnet-group` operation with the following parameter.

**Parameter**
+ `--db-subnet-group-name`—Required. The name of the Amazon DocumentDB subnet group to delete. Remember that you can't delete the `default` subnet group.

**Example**  
The following code deletes `sample-subnet-group`.  
For Linux, macOS, or Unix:  

```
aws docdb delete-db-subnet-group \
    --db-subnet-group-name sample-subnet-group
```
For Windows:  

```
aws docdb delete-db-subnet-group ^
    --db-subnet-group-name sample-subnet-group
```
This operation produces no output.

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