# Delete a phone pool in AWS End User Messaging SMS
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Before you can delete a pool you need to turn off **Deletion protection** and remove all but one of originators from the phone pool. For more information on how to disable deletion protection, see [Using phone pool deletion protection in AWS End User Messaging SMS](phone-pool-deletion-protection.md). The phone numbers and sender IDs that were associated with the pool remain in your AWS End User Messaging SMS account.

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#### [ Delete a phone pool (Console) ]

Before you can delete a pool you need to turn off Deletion protection and remove all originators from the phone pool. To delete a pool using the AWS End User Messaging SMS console, follow these steps:

**To delete a pool (Console)**

1. Open the AWS End User Messaging SMS console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/sms-voice/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/sms-voice/).

1. In the navigation pane, under **Configurations**, choose **Phone pool**.

1. On the **Phone Pools** page, choose the pool to delete.

1. Choose **Delete**.

1. Enter **release** and then **Confirm** to delete the pool.

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#### [ Delete a phone pool (AWS CLI) ]

Before you can delete a pool you need to turn off Deletion protection and remove all originators from the phone pool. You can use the [delete-pool](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/pinpoint-sms-voice-v2/delete-pool.html) API to delete pools.

**To delete a pool using the AWS CLI**
+ To delete a pool, enter the following command at the command line:

  ```
  $ aws pinpoint-sms-voice-v2 delete-pool \
  > --pool-id {{pool-78ec067f62f94d57bd3bab991example}}
  ```

  In the preceding command, replace {{pool-78ec067f62f94d57bd3bab991example}} with the unique ID or the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the pool. You can find both of these values by using the [describe-pools](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/pinpoint-sms-voice-v2/describe-pools.html) operation.

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