# DeleteComponent
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Deletes a version of a component from AWS IoT Greengrass.

**Note**  
This operation deletes the component's recipe and artifacts. As a result, deployments that refer to this component version will fail. If you have deployments that use this component version, you can remove the component from the deployment or update the deployment to use a valid version.

## Request Syntax
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```
DELETE /greengrass/v2/components/arn HTTP/1.1
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [arn](#API_DeleteComponent_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="greengrassv2-DeleteComponent-request-uri-arn"></a>
The [ARN](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-arns-and-namespaces.html) of the component version.  
Pattern: `arn:[^:]*:greengrass:[^:]*:(aws|[0-9]+):components:[^:]+:versions:[^:]+`   
Required: Yes

## Request Body
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The request does not have a request body.

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 204
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 204 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 **   
You don't have permission to perform the action.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** ConflictException **   
Your request has conflicting operations. This can occur if you're trying to perform more than one operation on the same resource at the same time.    
 ** resourceId **   
The ID of the resource that conflicts with the request.  
 ** resourceType **   
The type of the resource that conflicts with the request.
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** InternalServerException **   
 AWS IoT Greengrass can't process your request right now. Try again later.    
 ** retryAfterSeconds **   
The amount of time to wait before you retry the request.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The requested resource can't be found.    
 ** resourceId **   
The ID of the resource that isn't found.  
 ** resourceType **   
The type of the resource that isn't found.
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ThrottlingException **   
Your request exceeded a request rate quota. For example, you might have exceeded the amount of times that you can retrieve device or deployment status per second.    
 ** quotaCode **   
The code for the quota in [Service Quotas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/servicequotas/latest/userguide/intro.html).  
 ** retryAfterSeconds **   
The amount of time to wait before you retry the request.  
 ** serviceCode **   
The code for the service in [Service Quotas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/servicequotas/latest/userguide/intro.html).
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** ValidationException **   
The request isn't valid. This can occur if your request contains malformed JSON or unsupported characters.    
 ** fields **   
The list of fields that failed to validate.  
 ** reason **   
The reason for the validation exception.
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/greengrassv2-2020-11-30/DeleteComponent) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/greengrassv2-2020-11-30/DeleteComponent) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/greengrassv2-2020-11-30/DeleteComponent) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/greengrassv2-2020-11-30/DeleteComponent) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/greengrassv2-2020-11-30/DeleteComponent) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/greengrassv2-2020-11-30/DeleteComponent) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/greengrassv2-2020-11-30/DeleteComponent) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/greengrassv2-2020-11-30/DeleteComponent) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/greengrassv2-2020-11-30/DeleteComponent) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/greengrassv2-2020-11-30/DeleteComponent)