Deleting Instance Configurations

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

To delete an instance configuration
On the Instance Configurations list page, select the instance configuration that you want to use as a template to create the instance. If you need help finding the list page, see Listing Instance Configurations.

Select the instance configuration that you're interested in.

Select Delete, and then 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.