Deletes a resource group.

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

In this example, the resource group whose ID is rg-9gLOoK**** is deleted.

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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.

For more information about common request parameters, see Common parameters.

Response parameters

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

The ID of the request.

ResourceGroup Object

The information of the resource group.

DisplayName String my-project

The display name of the resource group.

Status String PendingDelete

The status of the resource group. Valid values:

  • Creating: The resource group is being created.
  • OK: The resource group is created.
  • PendingDelete: The resource group is waiting to be deleted.
RegionStatuses Array of RegionStatus

The status of the resource group in all regions.

RegionStatus
Status String PendingDelete

The status of the resource group. Valid values:

  • Creating: The resource group is being created.
  • OK: The resource group is created.
  • PendingDelete: The resource group is waiting to be deleted.
  • Deleting: The resource group is being deleted.
RegionId String cn-qingdao

The region ID.

AccountId String 123456789****

The ID of the Alibaba Cloud account to which the resource group belongs.

Name String my-project

The unique identifier of the resource group.

CreateDate String 2015-01-23T12:33:18Z

The time when the resource group was created. The time is displayed in UTC.

Id String rg-9gLOoK****

The ID of the resource group.

Examples

Sample requests

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

Sample success responses

XML format 

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<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 

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/json

{
  "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
400 InvalidParameter.ResourceGroupId The ResourceGroupId is invalid. The error message returned because the ID of the resource group is invalid.
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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