# DeleteAgent
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**Important**  
 AWS Application Discovery Service is no longer open to new customers. Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see [AWS Application Discovery Service availability change](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/application-discovery/latest/userguide/application-discovery-service-availability-change.html). 

 An object representing the agent or data collector to be deleted along with the optional configurations for error handling. 

## Contents
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 ** agentId **   <a name="DiscServ-Type-DeleteAgent-agentId"></a>
 The ID of the agent or data collector to delete.   
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 10. Maximum length of 20.  
Pattern: `\S+`   
Required: Yes

 ** force **   <a name="DiscServ-Type-DeleteAgent-force"></a>
 Optional flag used to force delete an agent or data collector. It is needed to delete any agent in HEALTHY/UNHEALTHY/RUNNING status. Note that deleting an agent that is actively reporting health causes it to be re-registered with a different agent ID after data collector re-connects with AWS.   
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

## 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 SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/discovery-2015-11-01/DeleteAgent) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/discovery-2015-11-01/DeleteAgent) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/discovery-2015-11-01/DeleteAgent)