# DeleteCertificate
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Deletes the specified certificate.

A certificate cannot be deleted if it has a policy or IoT thing attached to it or if its status is set to ACTIVE. To delete a certificate, first use the [DetachPolicy](API_DetachPolicy.md) action to detach all policies. Next, use the [UpdateCertificate](API_UpdateCertificate.md) action to set the certificate to the INACTIVE status.

Requires permission to access the [DeleteCertificate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awsiot.html#awsiot-actions-as-permissions) action.

## Request Syntax
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```
DELETE /certificates/certificateId?forceDelete=forceDelete HTTP/1.1
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [certificateId](#API_DeleteCertificate_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-DeleteCertificate-request-uri-certificateId"></a>
The ID of the certificate. (The last part of the certificate ARN contains the certificate ID.)  
Length Constraints: Fixed length of 64.  
Pattern: `(0x)?[a-fA-F0-9]+`   
Required: Yes

 ** [forceDelete](#API_DeleteCertificate_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-DeleteCertificate-request-uri-forceDelete"></a>
Forces the deletion of a certificate if it is inactive and is not attached to an IoT thing.

## Request Body
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The request does not have a request body.

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
```

## 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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 ** CertificateStateException **   
The certificate operation is not allowed.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 406

 ** DeleteConflictException **   
You can't delete the resource because it is attached to one or more resources.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** InternalFailureException **   
An unexpected error has occurred.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** InvalidRequestException **   
The request is not valid.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The specified resource does not exist.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ServiceUnavailableException **   
The service is temporarily unavailable.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 503

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The rate exceeds the limit.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** UnauthorizedException **   
You are not authorized to perform this operation.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 401

## 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/iot-2015-05-28/DeleteCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/iot-2015-05-28/DeleteCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/iot-2015-05-28/DeleteCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/iot-2015-05-28/DeleteCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/iot-2015-05-28/DeleteCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/iot-2015-05-28/DeleteCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/iot-2015-05-28/DeleteCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/iot-2015-05-28/DeleteCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/iot-2015-05-28/DeleteCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/iot-2015-05-28/DeleteCertificate)