# DeleteChannel
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Immediately makes a channel and its memberships inaccessible and marks them for deletion. This is an irreversible process.

**Note**  
The `x-amz-chime-bearer` request header is mandatory. Use the ARN of the `AppInstanceUserArn` or `AppInstanceBot` that makes the API call as the value in the header.

## Request Syntax
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```
DELETE /channels/channelArn HTTP/1.1
x-amz-chime-bearer: ChimeBearer
```

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

 ** [channelArn](#API_messaging-chime_DeleteChannel_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="chimesdk-messaging-chime_DeleteChannel-request-uri-ChannelArn"></a>
The ARN of the channel being deleted.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 5. Maximum length of 1600.  
Pattern: `arn:[a-z0-9-\.]{1,63}:[a-z0-9-\.]{0,63}:[a-z0-9-\.]{0,63}:[a-z0-9-\.]{0,63}:[^/].{0,1023}`   
Required: Yes

 ** [ChimeBearer](#API_messaging-chime_DeleteChannel_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="chimesdk-messaging-chime_DeleteChannel-request-ChimeBearer"></a>
The ARN of the `AppInstanceUser` or `AppInstanceBot` that makes the API call.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 5. Maximum length of 1600.  
Pattern: `arn:[a-z0-9-\.]{1,63}:[a-z0-9-\.]{0,63}:[a-z0-9-\.]{0,63}:[a-z0-9-\.]{0,63}:[^/].{0,1023}`   
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 Errors](CommonErrors.md).

 ** BadRequestException **   
The input parameters don't match the service's restrictions.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ConflictException **   
The request could not be processed because of conflict in the current state of the resource.  
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** ForbiddenException **   
The client is permanently forbidden from making the request.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** ServiceFailureException **   
The service encountered an unexpected error.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ServiceUnavailableException **   
The service is currently unavailable.  
HTTP Status Code: 503

 ** ThrottledClientException **   
The client exceeded its request rate limit.  
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** UnauthorizedClientException **   
The client is not currently authorized to make the request.  
HTTP Status Code: 401

## 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/chime-sdk-messaging-2021-05-15/DeleteChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/chime-sdk-messaging-2021-05-15/DeleteChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/chime-sdk-messaging-2021-05-15/DeleteChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/chime-sdk-messaging-2021-05-15/DeleteChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/chime-sdk-messaging-2021-05-15/DeleteChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/chime-sdk-messaging-2021-05-15/DeleteChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/chime-sdk-messaging-2021-05-15/DeleteChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/chime-sdk-messaging-2021-05-15/DeleteChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/chime-sdk-messaging-2021-05-15/DeleteChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/chime-sdk-messaging-2021-05-15/DeleteChannel)