# DeleteConnectionType
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Deletes a custom connection type in AWS Glue.

The connection type must exist and be registered before it can be deleted. This operation supports cleanup of connection type resources and helps maintain proper lifecycle management of custom connection types.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "ConnectionType": "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.

 ** [ConnectionType](#API_DeleteConnectionType_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="Glue-DeleteConnectionType-request-ConnectionType"></a>
The name of the connection type to delete. Must reference an existing registered connection type.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.  
Pattern: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*`   
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).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
Access to a resource was denied.    
 ** Message **   
A message describing the problem.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** EntityNotFoundException **   
A specified entity does not exist    
 ** FromFederationSource **   
Indicates whether or not the exception relates to a federated source.  
 ** Message **   
A message describing the problem.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InternalServiceException **   
An internal service error occurred.    
 ** Message **   
A message describing the problem.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** InvalidInputException **   
The input provided was not valid.    
 ** FromFederationSource **   
Indicates whether or not the exception relates to a federated source.  
 ** Message **   
A message describing the problem.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** OperationTimeoutException **   
The operation timed out.    
 ** Message **   
A message describing the problem.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ValidationException **   
A value could not be validated.    
 ** Message **   
A message describing the problem.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## 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/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteConnectionType) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteConnectionType) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteConnectionType) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteConnectionType) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteConnectionType) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteConnectionType) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteConnectionType) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteConnectionType) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteConnectionType) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/glue-2017-03-31/DeleteConnectionType)