Deleting Instance Configurations

You can permanently delete instance configurations that you no longer need.

To delete an instance configuration
Navigate to the Instance Configurations list page. If you need help finding the list page, see Listing Instance Configurations

Select an Instance Configuration.

Select the option you see:

Actions then Delete

Delete

Confirm when prompted.
For information about using the CLI, see Command Line Interface (CLI).

To delete an instance configuration using the CLI, open a command prompt and run the instance-configuration delete command:
```
oci compute-management instance-configuration delete --instance-configuration-id <INSTANCE_CONFIGURATION_OCID>
```
For information about using the API and signing requests, see REST API documentation and Security Credentials. For information about SDKs, see SDKs and the CLI.
- Use the DeleteInstanceConfiguration operation to delete an instance configuration.