# DeleteRule
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Deletes the specified rule.

Before you can delete the rule, you must remove all targets, using [RemoveTargets](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/latest/APIReference/API_RemoveTargets.html).

When you delete a rule, incoming events might continue to match to the deleted rule. Allow a short period of time for changes to take effect.

If you call delete rule multiple times for the same rule, all calls will succeed. When you call delete rule for a non-existent custom eventbus, `ResourceNotFoundException` is returned.

Managed rules are rules created and managed by another AWS service on your behalf. These rules are created by those other AWS services to support functionality in those services. You can delete these rules using the `Force` option, but you should do so only if you are sure the other service is not still using that rule.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "EventBusName": "string",
   "Force": boolean,
   "Name": "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.

 ** [EventBusName](#API_DeleteRule_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="eventbridge-DeleteRule-request-EventBusName"></a>
The name or ARN of the event bus associated with the rule. If you omit this, the default event bus is used.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1600.  
Pattern: `(arn:aws[\w-]*:events:[a-z]+-[a-z]+-[\w-]+:[0-9]{12}:event-bus\/)?[/\.\-_A-Za-z0-9]+`   
Required: No

 ** [Force](#API_DeleteRule_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="eventbridge-DeleteRule-request-Force"></a>
If this is a managed rule, created by an AWS service on your behalf, you must specify `Force` as `True` to delete the rule. This parameter is ignored for rules that are not managed rules. You can check whether a rule is a managed rule by using `DescribeRule` or `ListRules` and checking the `ManagedBy` field of the response.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** [Name](#API_DeleteRule_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="eventbridge-DeleteRule-request-Name"></a>
The name of the rule.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.  
Pattern: `[\.\-_A-Za-z0-9]+`   
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).

 ** ConcurrentModificationException **   
There is concurrent modification on a rule, target, archive, or replay.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InternalException **   
This exception occurs due to unexpected causes.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ManagedRuleException **   
This rule was created by an AWS service on behalf of your account. It is managed by that service. If you see this error in response to `DeleteRule` or `RemoveTargets`, you can use the `Force` parameter in those calls to delete the rule or remove targets from the rule. You cannot modify these managed rules by using `DisableRule`, `EnableRule`, `PutTargets`, `PutRule`, `TagResource`, or `UntagResource`.   
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
An entity that you specified does not exist.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## Examples
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### Deletes a rule named "test"
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The following is an example of a DeleteRule request.

#### Sample Request
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```
POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: events.<region>.<domain>
x-amz-Date: <Date>
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=<Credential>, SignedHeaders=content-type;date;host;user-agent;x-amz-date;x-amz-target;x-amzn-requestid, Signature=<Signature>
User-Agent: <UserAgentString>
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
Connection: Keep-Alive 
X-Amz-Target: AWSEvents.DeleteRule

{
    "Name": "test"
}
```

#### Sample Response
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```
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-amzn-RequestId: <RequestId>
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
Date: <Date>
```

## 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/eventbridge-2015-10-07/DeleteRule) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/eventbridge-2015-10-07/DeleteRule) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/eventbridge-2015-10-07/DeleteRule) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/eventbridge-2015-10-07/DeleteRule) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/eventbridge-2015-10-07/DeleteRule) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/eventbridge-2015-10-07/DeleteRule) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/eventbridge-2015-10-07/DeleteRule) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/eventbridge-2015-10-07/DeleteRule) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/eventbridge-2015-10-07/DeleteRule) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/eventbridge-2015-10-07/DeleteRule)