# Deleting an CloudFormation stack
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You can use the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code to delete CloudFormation stacks.

## Prerequisites
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+ Be sure your system meets the the prerequisites specified in [Installing the Toolkit for VS Code](setup-toolkit.md#setup-prereq).
+ Ensure that the credentials you configured in [Authentication and access](establish-credentials.md) include appropriate read/write access to the CloudFormation service. If in the **AWS Explorer**, under **CloudFormation**, you see a message similar to "Error loading CloudFormation resources", check the permissions attached to those credentials. Changes that you make to permissions will take a few minutes to affect the **AWS Explorer** in VS Code.

## Delete a CloudFormation stack
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1. In the **AWS Explorer**, open the context menu of the CloudFormation stack you want to delete.  
![\[Delete Cloudformation context menu.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/images/cfn-delete-menu.png)

1. Choose **Delete CloudFormation Stack**.

1. In the message that appears, choose **Yes** to confirm the delete.  
![\[Delete confirmation message.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/images/cfn-delete-confirm.png)

After the stack is deleted, it's no longer listed in the **AWS Explorer**.