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# DeleteGroup


Deletes a group. Before you delete a group that is deployed, we recommend that you [reset the group's deployments](resetdeployments-post.md). This step removes the group's information from the core, so you can use the core with another Greengrass group.

URI: `DELETE /greengrass/groups/GroupId`

Produces: application/json

## CLI:


```
aws greengrass delete-group \
  --group-id <value>  \
  [--cli-input-json <value>] \
  [--generate-cli-skeleton]
```

cli-input-json format:

```
{
"GroupId": "string"
}
```

## Parameters:


[**GroupId**](parameters-groupidparam.md)  
The ID of the Greengrass group.  
where used: path; required: true  
type: string

## Responses:


**200**  
Success.  
 [ Empty](definitions-empty.md)   

```
{
}
```  
Empty Schema  
Empty  
type: object

**400**  
Invalid request.  
 [ GeneralError](definitions-generalerror.md)   

```
{
"Message": "string",
"ErrorDetails": [
  {
    "DetailedErrorCode": "string",
    "DetailedErrorMessage": "string"
  }
]
}
```  
GeneralError  
General error information.  
type: object  
required: ["Message"]  
Message  
A message that contains information about the error.  
type: string  
ErrorDetails  
A list of error details.  
type: array  
items: [ErrorDetail](definitions-errordetail.md)  
ErrorDetail  
Details about the error.  
type: object  
DetailedErrorCode  
A detailed error code.  
type: string  
DetailedErrorMessage  
A detailed error message.  
type: string