# DeleteDocument
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Deletes the AWS Systems Manager document (SSM document) and all managed node associations to the document.

Before you delete the document, we recommend that you use [DeleteAssociation](API_DeleteAssociation.md) to disassociate all managed nodes that are associated with the document.

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

 ** [DocumentVersion](#API_DeleteDocument_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="systemsmanager-DeleteDocument-request-DocumentVersion"></a>
The version of the document that you want to delete. If not provided, all versions of the document are deleted.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `([$]LATEST|[$]DEFAULT|^[1-9][0-9]*$)`   
Required: No

 ** [Force](#API_DeleteDocument_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="systemsmanager-DeleteDocument-request-Force"></a>
Some SSM document types require that you specify a `Force` flag before you can delete the document. For example, you must specify a `Force` flag to delete a document of type `ApplicationConfigurationSchema`. You can restrict access to the `Force` flag in an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** [Name](#API_DeleteDocument_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="systemsmanager-DeleteDocument-request-Name"></a>
The name of the document.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-.]{3,128}$`   
Required: Yes

 ** [VersionName](#API_DeleteDocument_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="systemsmanager-DeleteDocument-request-VersionName"></a>
The version name of the document that you want to delete. If not provided, all versions of the document are deleted.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-.]{1,128}$`   
Required: No

## 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).

 ** AssociatedInstances **   
You must disassociate a document from all managed nodes before you can delete it.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InternalServerError **   
An error occurred on the server side.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** InvalidDocument **   
The specified SSM document doesn't exist.    
 ** Message **   
The SSM document doesn't exist or the document isn't available to the user. This exception can be issued by various API operations. 
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidDocumentOperation **   
You attempted to delete a document while it is still shared. You must stop sharing the document before you can delete it.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** TooManyUpdates **   
There are concurrent updates for a resource that supports one update at a time.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## Examples
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### Example
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This example illustrates one usage of DeleteDocument.

#### Sample Request
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```
POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: ssm.us-east-2.amazonaws.com
Accept-Encoding: identity
X-Amz-Target: AmazonSSM.DeleteDocument
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
User-Agent: aws-cli/1.17.12 Python/3.6.8 Darwin/18.7.0 botocore/1.14.12
X-Amz-Date: 20240324T151532Z
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE/20240324/us-east-2/ssm/aws4_request,
SignedHeaders=content-type;host;x-amz-date;x-amz-target, Signature=39c3b3042cd2aEXAMPLE
Content-Length: 19

{
    "Name": "Example"
}
```

#### Sample Response
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```
{}
```

## 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/ssm-2014-11-06/DeleteDocument) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/ssm-2014-11-06/DeleteDocument) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/ssm-2014-11-06/DeleteDocument) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/ssm-2014-11-06/DeleteDocument) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ssm-2014-11-06/DeleteDocument) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/ssm-2014-11-06/DeleteDocument) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/ssm-2014-11-06/DeleteDocument) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/ssm-2014-11-06/DeleteDocument) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/ssm-2014-11-06/DeleteDocument) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ssm-2014-11-06/DeleteDocument)