Deletes a resource group.

Note Before you delete a resource group, you must delete all resources from it.

Debugging

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Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes DeleteResourceGroup

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to DeleteResourceGroup.
ResourceGroupId String Yes rg-9gLOoK****

The ID of the resource group.

You can call the ListResourceGroups operation to obtain the ID.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
RequestId String 1C488B66-B819-4D14-8711-C4EAAA13AC01

The ID of the request.
ResourceGroup Struct

The information of the resource group.
AccountId String 123456789****

The ID of the Alibaba Cloud account to which the resource group belongs.
CreateDate String 2015-01-23T12:33:18Z

The time when the resource group was created.
DisplayName String my-project

The display name of the resource group.
Id String rg-9gLOoK****

The ID of the resource group.
Name String my-project

The unique identifier of the resource group.
RegionStatuses Array

The status of the resource group in all regions.
RegionStatus
RegionId String cn-qingdao

The region ID.
Status String PendingDelete

The status of the resource group. Valid values:

  • Creating: The resource group is being created.
  • OK: The resource group is created.
  • Deleted: The resource group is deleted.
  • Deleting: The resource group is being deleted.
  • PendingDelete: The resource group is waiting for deletion.
Status String PendingDelete

The status of the resource group. Valid values:

  • Creating: The resource group is being created.
  • OK: The resource group is created.
  • Deleted: The resource group is deleted.
  • Deleting: The resource group is being deleted.
  • PendingDelete: The resource group is waiting for deletion.

Examples

Sample requests

https://resourcemanager.aliyuncs.com/?Action=DeleteResourceGroup
&ResourceGroupId=rg-9gLOoKNF38
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

<DeleteResourceGroupResponse>
      <RequestId>1C488B66-B819-4D14-8711-C4EAAA13AC01</RequestId>
      <ResourceGroup>
            <Id>rg-9gLOoK****</Id>
            <AccountId>123456789****</AccountId>
            <Name>my-project</Name>
            <DisplayName>my-project</DisplayName>
            <Status>PendingDelete</Status>
            <RegionStatuses>
                  <RegionStatus>
                        <RegionId>cn-hangzhou</RegionId>
                        <Status>PendingDelete</Status>
                  </RegionStatus>
                  <RegionStatus>
                        <RegionId>cn-qingdao</RegionId>
                        <Status>PendingDelete</Status>
                  </RegionStatus>
            </RegionStatuses>
            <CreateDate>2015-01-23T12:33:18Z</CreateDate>
      </ResourceGroup>
</DeleteResourceGroupResponse>

JSON format 

{
    "RequestId": "1C488B66-B819-4D14-8711-C4EAAA13AC01",
    "ResourceGroup": {
        "Id": "rg-9gLOoK****",
        "AccountId": "123456789****",
        "Name": "my-project",
        "DisplayName": "my-project",
        "Status": "PendingDelete",
        "RegionStatuses":{
           "RegionStatus":[
               {
                 "RegionId":"cn-hangzhou",
                 "Status":"PendingDelete"
               },
               {
                 "RegionId":"cn-qingdao",
                 "Status":"PendingDelete"
               }
           ]
        },
        "CreateDate": "2015-01-23T12:33:18Z"
    }
}

Error codes

HTTP status code Error code Error message Description
404 EntityNotExists.ResourceGroup The specified resource group does not exist. You must first create a resource group. The error message returned because the resource group does not exist. Create the resource group first.
409 DeleteConflict.ResourceGroup.Resource Failed to delete the resource group because one or more cloud resources exist in the resource group. Try again later after you release the cloud resources. The error message returned because the resource group contains cloud resources. Release the resources first.

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