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# Delete instance

> > ⚠️ This endpoint is in [public preview](/preview/roadmap).

Delete an instance.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /preview/openapi.json delete /preview/v2/instances/{id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: sfc-api
  description: >-
    Public preview API - subject to change. See
    https://docs.sfcompute.com/preview/roadmap for details.
  version: 0.1.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.sfcompute.com
security:
  - bearer_auth: []
tags:
  - name: Account
    description: The authenticated account and logged-in user.
  - name: Pools
    description: A bucket of owned compute balance over time.
  - name: Orders
    description: >-
      Place orders targeting a capacity to increase your reserved compute
      balance during some time period.
  - name: Instance Templates
    description: Reusable instance configuration.
  - name: Images
    description: Custom machine images for instances.
  - name: Roles
    description: TOML-based permission role definitions.
  - name: Grants
    description: Bind principals (users or tokens) to roles on a workspace.
  - name: Tokens
    description: Workspace-scoped API tokens.
  - name: Instances
    description: Spin up instances in a capacity to use your available compute.
  - name: Instance SKU Catalog
    description: Browse available instance SKU property definitions.
  - name: Procurements
    description: Market automations that maintain capacity by placing buy/sell orders.
  - name: Deployments
    description: >-
      Deployment automations that maintain a fleet of instances, including spot
      deployments that buy capacity up to a maximum price.
  - name: Users
    description: Read-only access to users within the caller's organization.
  - name: Workspaces
    description: Resource containers scoped to an account.
  - name: Permissions
    description: Inspect what the caller is allowed to do.
  - name: Billing
    description: Billing profile, contacts, and auto top-up settings.
  - name: Orderbook
    description: >-
      Read-only orderbook visibility: bid/ask spread, depth, open and filled
      orders, and historical fills, keyed on hardware requirements + delivery
      window.
  - name: Orders
    description: >-
      Estimate an order before placing it: filled price, fee, and operational
      notices.
paths:
  /preview/v2/instances/{id}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Instances
      summary: Delete instance
      description: |-
        > ⚠️ This endpoint is in [public preview](/preview/roadmap).

        Delete an instance.
      operationId: delete_instance
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            description: >-
              A resource path like 'sfc:instance:acme:prod:my-instance' _or_ an
              ID. Resource paths are human-readable but not stable - they change
              when resources are renamed or moved. IDs are stable and permanent.
            examples:
              - inst_k3R-nX9vLm7Qp2Yw5Jd8F
            pattern: >-
              (inst_[0-9a-zA-Z_-]{1,21}|vm_[0-9a-zA-Z_-]{1,21})|(sfc:instance:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+(:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+){2,2})
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Instance deleted.
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForbiddenError'
        '404':
          description: Instance not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotFoundError'
        '409':
          description: Instance must be terminated before deletion.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConflictError'
        '500':
          description: Internal server error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServerError'
components:
  schemas:
    UnauthorizedError:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - type
            - message
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              const: authentication_error
              default: authentication_error
              readOnly: true
            message:
              type: string
              x-speakeasy-error-message: true
    ForbiddenError:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - type
            - message
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              const: forbidden
              default: forbidden
              readOnly: true
            message:
              type: string
              x-speakeasy-error-message: true
    NotFoundError:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - type
            - message
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              const: not_found
              default: not_found
              readOnly: true
            message:
              type: string
              x-speakeasy-error-message: true
    ConflictError:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - type
            - message
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              const: conflict
              default: conflict
              readOnly: true
            message:
              type: string
              x-speakeasy-error-message: true
            details:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorDetail'
    InternalServerError:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - type
            - message
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              const: api_error
              default: api_error
              readOnly: true
            message:
              type: string
              x-speakeasy-error-message: true
    ErrorDetail:
      type: object
      required:
        - code
        - message
      properties:
        field:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: The field that caused the error (for validation errors)
        code:
          type: string
          description: Specific error code for this detail
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message
  securitySchemes:
    bearer_auth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        Create an API token using `sf tokens create` or at
        https://sfcompute.com/account/api-keys.

````