# DeleteVolume
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Deletes the specified storage volume that you previously created using the [CreateCachediSCSIVolume](API_CreateCachediSCSIVolume.md) or [CreateStorediSCSIVolume](API_CreateStorediSCSIVolume.md) API. This operation is only supported in the cached volume and stored volume types. For stored volume gateways, the local disk that was configured as the storage volume is not deleted. You can reuse the local disk to create another storage volume.

Before you delete a volume, make sure there are no iSCSI connections to the volume you are deleting. You should also make sure there is no snapshot in progress. You can use the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) API to query snapshots on the volume you are deleting and check the snapshot status. For more information, go to [DescribeSnapshots](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/ApiReference-query-DescribeSnapshots.html) in the *Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud API Reference*.

In the request, you must provide the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the storage volume you want to delete.

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

 ** [VolumeARN](#API_DeleteVolume_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="StorageGateway-DeleteVolume-request-VolumeARN"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the volume. Use the [ListVolumes](API_ListVolumes.md) operation to return a list of gateway volumes.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 50. Maximum length of 500.  
Pattern: `arn:(aws(|-cn|-us-gov|-iso[A-Za-z0-9_-]*)):storagegateway:[a-z\-0-9]+:[0-9]+:gateway\/(.+)\/volume\/vol-(\S+)`   
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "VolumeARN": "string"
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [VolumeARN](#API_DeleteVolume_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="StorageGateway-DeleteVolume-response-VolumeARN"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the storage volume that was deleted. It is the same ARN you provided in the request.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 50. Maximum length of 500.  
Pattern: `arn:(aws(|-cn|-us-gov|-iso[A-Za-z0-9_-]*)):storagegateway:[a-z\-0-9]+:[0-9]+:gateway\/(.+)\/volume\/vol-(\S+)` 

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** InternalServerError **   
An internal server error has occurred during the request. For more information, see the error and message fields.    
 ** error **   
A [StorageGatewayError](API_StorageGatewayError.md) that provides more information about the cause of the error.  
 ** message **   
A human-readable message describing the error that occurred.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidGatewayRequestException **   
An exception occurred because an invalid gateway request was issued to the service. For more information, see the error and message fields.    
 ** error **   
A [StorageGatewayError](API_StorageGatewayError.md) that provides more detail about the cause of the error.  
 ** message **   
A human-readable message describing the error that occurred.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## Examples
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### Example request
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The following example shows a request that deletes a volume.

#### Sample Request
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```
POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: storagegateway.us-east-2.amazonaws.com
x-amz-Date: 20120425T120000Z
Authorization: CSOC7TJPLR0OOKIRLGOHVAICUFVV4KQNSO5AEMVJF66Q9ASUAAJG
Content-type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
x-amz-target: StorageGateway_20130630.DeleteVolume

{
    "VolumeARN": "arn:aws:storagegateway:us-east-2:111122223333:gateway/sgw-12A3456B/volume/vol-1122AABB"
}
```

#### Sample Response
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```
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-amzn-RequestId: CSOC7TJPLR0OOKIRLGOHVAICUFVV4KQNSO5AEMVJF66Q9ASUAAJG
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:00:02 GMT
Content-type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Content-length: 99

{
    "VolumeARN": "arn:aws:storagegateway:us-east-2:111122223333:gateway/sgw-12A3456B/volume/vol-1122AABB"
}
```

## 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/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DeleteVolume) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DeleteVolume) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DeleteVolume) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DeleteVolume) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DeleteVolume) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DeleteVolume) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DeleteVolume) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DeleteVolume) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DeleteVolume) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DeleteVolume)