# DeleteCostCategoryDefinition


Deletes a cost category. Expenses from this month going forward will no longer be categorized with this cost category.

## Request Syntax


```
{
   "CostCategoryArn": "string"
}
```

## Request Parameters


For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [CostCategoryArn](#API_DeleteCostCategoryDefinition_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="awscostmanagement-DeleteCostCategoryDefinition-request-CostCategoryArn"></a>
The unique identifier for your cost category.   
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 2048.  
Pattern: `arn:aws[-a-z0-9]*:[a-z0-9]+:[-a-z0-9]*:[0-9]{12}:[-a-zA-Z0-9/:_]+`   
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax


```
{
   "CostCategoryArn": "string",
   "EffectiveEnd": "string"
}
```

## Response Elements


If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [CostCategoryArn](#API_DeleteCostCategoryDefinition_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="awscostmanagement-DeleteCostCategoryDefinition-response-CostCategoryArn"></a>
The unique identifier for your cost category.   
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 2048.  
Pattern: `arn:aws[-a-z0-9]*:[a-z0-9]+:[-a-z0-9]*:[0-9]{12}:[-a-zA-Z0-9/:_]+` 

 ** [EffectiveEnd](#API_DeleteCostCategoryDefinition_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="awscostmanagement-DeleteCostCategoryDefinition-response-EffectiveEnd"></a>
The effective end date of the cost category as a result of deleting it. No costs after this date is categorized by the deleted cost category.   
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 25.  
Pattern: `^\d{4}-\d\d-\d\dT\d\d:\d\d:\d\d(([+-]\d\d:\d\d)|Z)$` 

## Errors


For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** LimitExceededException **   
You made too many calls in a short period of time. Try again later.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
 The specified ARN in the request doesn't exist.   
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also


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/ce-2017-10-25/DeleteCostCategoryDefinition) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/ce-2017-10-25/DeleteCostCategoryDefinition) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/ce-2017-10-25/DeleteCostCategoryDefinition) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/ce-2017-10-25/DeleteCostCategoryDefinition) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ce-2017-10-25/DeleteCostCategoryDefinition) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/ce-2017-10-25/DeleteCostCategoryDefinition) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/ce-2017-10-25/DeleteCostCategoryDefinition) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/ce-2017-10-25/DeleteCostCategoryDefinition) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/ce-2017-10-25/DeleteCostCategoryDefinition) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ce-2017-10-25/DeleteCostCategoryDefinition)