# Delete an EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint
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When you are finished with an EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint, you can delete it.

You must have the required IAM permissions to create an EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint. For more information, see [Permissions to create, describe, modify, and delete EC2 Instance Connect Endpoints](permissions-for-ec2-instance-connect-endpoint.md#iam-CreateInstanceConnectEndpoint).

When you delete an EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint using the console, it enters the **Deleting** state. If deletion is successful, the deleted endpoint no longer appears. If deletion fails, the state is **delete-failed** and **Status message** provides the failure reason.

When you delete an EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint using the AWS CLI, it enters the `delete-in-progress` state. If deletion is successful, it enters the `delete-complete` state. If deletion fails, the state is `delete-failed` and `StateMessage` provides the failure reason.

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#### [ Console ]

**To delete an EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint**

1. Open the Amazon VPC console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/vpc/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/vpc/).

1. In the left navigation pane, choose **Endpoints**.

1. Select the endpoint.

1. Choose **Actions**, **Delete VPC endpoints**.

1. When prompted for confirmation, enter **delete**.

1. Choose **Delete**.

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#### [ AWS CLI ]

**To delete an EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint**  
Use the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/delete-instance-connect-endpoint.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/delete-instance-connect-endpoint.html) command and specify the ID of the EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint to delete.

```
aws ec2 delete-instance-connect-endpoint --instance-connect-endpoint-id eice-03f5e49b83924bbc7
```

The following is example output.

```
{
    "InstanceConnectEndpoint": {
        "OwnerId": "111111111111",
        "InstanceConnectEndpointId": "eice-0123456789example",
        "InstanceConnectEndpointArn": "arn:aws:ec2:us-east-1:111111111111:instance-connect-endpoint/eice-0123456789example",
        "State": "delete-in-progress",
        "StateMessage": "",
        "NetworkInterfaceIds": [],
        "VpcId": "vpc-0123abcd",
        "AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1d",
        "AvailabilityZoneId": "use1-az2",
        "CreatedAt": "2023-02-07T12:05:37+00:00",
        "SubnetId": "subnet-0123abcd"
    }
}
```

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#### [ PowerShell ]

**To delete an EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint**  
Use the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/delete-instance-connect-endpoint.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/delete-instance-connect-endpoint.html) cmdlet and specify the ID of the EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint to delete.

```
Remove-EC2InstanceConnectEndpoint -InstanceConnectEndpointId eice-03f5e49b83924bbc7
```

The following is example output.

```
@{
    InstanceConnectEndpoint = @{
        OwnerId = "111111111111"
        InstanceConnectEndpointId = "eice-0123456789example"
        InstanceConnectEndpointArn = "arn:aws:ec2:us-east-1:111111111111:instance-connect-endpoint/eice-0123456789example"
        State = "delete-in-progress"
        StateMessage = ""
        NetworkInterfaceIds = @()
        VpcId = "vpc-0123abcd"
        AvailabilityZone = "us-east-1d"
        AvailabilityZoneId = "use1-az2"
        CreatedAt = "2023-02-07T12:05:37+00:00"
        SubnetId = "subnet-0123abcd"
    }
}
```

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