# DeleteCacheParameterGroup
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Deletes the specified cache parameter group. You cannot delete a cache parameter group if it is associated with any cache clusters. You cannot delete the default cache parameter groups in your account.

## Request Parameters
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 For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

 ** CacheParameterGroupName **   
The name of the cache parameter group to delete.  
The specified cache security group must not be associated with any clusters.
Type: String  
Required: Yes

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** CacheParameterGroupNotFound **   
The requested cache parameter group name does not refer to an existing cache parameter group.  
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** InvalidCacheParameterGroupState **   
The current state of the cache parameter group does not allow the requested operation to occur.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidParameterCombination **   
Two or more incompatible parameters were specified.    
 ** message **   
Two or more parameters that must not be used together were used together.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidParameterValue **   
The value for a parameter is invalid.    
 ** message **   
A parameter value is invalid.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## Examples
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### DeleteCacheParameterGroup
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This example illustrates one usage of DeleteCacheParameterGroup.

#### Sample Request
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```
https://elasticache.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
   ?Action=DeleteCacheParameterGroup
   &CacheParameterGroupName=myparametergroup
   &Version=2015-02-02
   &SignatureVersion=4
   &SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
   &Timestamp=20150202T192317Z
   &X-Amz-Credential=<credential>
```

#### Sample Response
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```
<DeleteCacheParameterGroupResponse xmlns="http://elasticache.amazonaws.com/doc/2015-02-02/">
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>d0a417cb-575b-11e0-8869-cd22b4f9d96f</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</DeleteCacheParameterGroupResponse>
```

## 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/elasticache-2015-02-02/DeleteCacheParameterGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/elasticache-2015-02-02/DeleteCacheParameterGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/elasticache-2015-02-02/DeleteCacheParameterGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/elasticache-2015-02-02/DeleteCacheParameterGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/elasticache-2015-02-02/DeleteCacheParameterGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/elasticache-2015-02-02/DeleteCacheParameterGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/elasticache-2015-02-02/DeleteCacheParameterGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/elasticache-2015-02-02/DeleteCacheParameterGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/elasticache-2015-02-02/DeleteCacheParameterGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/elasticache-2015-02-02/DeleteCacheParameterGroup)