# Deleting a Development Environment Instance

#### Function

This API is used to delete a development environment instance.

#### URI

DELETE /v1/{project_id}/demanager/instances/{instance_id}

Table 1 describes the required parameters.

Table 1 Parameter description
Parameter | Mandatory | Type | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
project_id | Yes | String | Project ID. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.
instance_id | Yes | String | Instance ID

#### Request Body

None

#### Response Body

Table 2 describes the response parameters.

Table 2 Parameter description
Parameter | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
instance_id | String | Instance ID

#### Samples

The following shows how to delete instance 6fa459ea-ee8a-3ca4-894e-db77e160355e.

- Sample request

      DELETE https://endpoint/v1/{project_id}/demanager/instances/6fa459ea-ee8a-3ca4-894e-db77e160355e

- Successful sample response

      {
          "instance_id": "6fa459ea-ee8a-3ca4-894e-db77e160355e"
      }

- Failed sample response

      {
          "error_message": "The instance does not exist.",
          "error_code": "ModelArts.6309"
      }

#### Status Code

For details about the status code, see Status Code.

#### Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: DevEnviron