# Deleting a scaling policy


You can delete a scaling policy using the AWS Management Console, the AWS CLI or the Application Auto Scaling API

**Deleting a scaling policy using the AWS Management Console**

You can only edit policies with type Predefined metrics by using the AWS Management Console

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon ElastiCache console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/elasticache/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/elasticache/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Valkey** or **Redis OSS**

1. Choose the cluster whose auto scaling policy you want to delete.

1. Choose the **Auto Scaling policies** tab. 

1. Under **Scaling policies**, choose the auto scaling policy, and then choose **Delete**. 

**Deleting a scaling policy using the AWS CLI or the Application Auto Scaling API **

You can use the AWS CLI or the Application Auto Scaling API to delete a scaling policy from an ElastiCache cluster. 

**CLI**

To delete a scaling policy from your ElastiCache for Valkey and Redis OSS cluster, use the [delete-scaling-policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/application-autoscaling/delete-scaling-policy.html) command with the following parameters: 
+ --policy-name – The name of the scaling policy. 
+ --resource-id – The resource identifier for the cluster. For this parameter, the resource type is ReplicationGroup and the unique identifier is the name of the cluster, for example `replication-group/myscalablecluster`. 
+ --service-namespace – Set this value to elasticache. 
+ --scalable-dimension – Set this value to `elasticache:replication-group:Replicas`. 

**Example**  
In the following example, you delete a target-tracking scaling policy named `myscalablepolicy` from an ELC; cluster named `myscalablecluster`. 

For Linux, macOS, or Unix:

```
aws application-autoscaling delete-scaling-policy \
    --policy-name myscalablepolicy \
    --resource-id replication-group/myscalablecluster \
    --service-namespace elasticache \
    --scalable-dimension elasticache:replication-group:Replicas \
```

For Windows:

```
aws application-autoscaling delete-scaling-policy ^
    --policy-name myscalablepolicy ^
    --resource-id replication-group/myscalablecluster ^
    --service-namespace elasticache ^
    --scalable-dimension elasticache:replication-group:Replicas ^
```

**API**

To delete a scaling policy from your ElastiCache for Valkey and Redis OSS cluster, use the [DeleteScalingPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ApplicationAutoScaling/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteScalingPolicy.html) Application Auto Scaling API operation with the following parameters: 
+ PolicyName – The name of the scaling policy. 
+ ResourceID – The resource identifier for the cluster. For this parameter, the resource type is ReplicationGroup and the unique identifier is the name of the cluster, for example `replication-group/myscalablecluster`. 
+ ServiceNamespace – Set this value to elasticache. 
+ ScalableDimension – Set this value to `elasticache:replication-group:Replicas`. 

In the following example, you delete a target-tracking scaling policy named `myscalablepolicy` from a cluster named `myscalablecluster` with the Application Auto Scaling API. 

```
POST / HTTP/1.1
>>>>>>> mainline
Host: autoscaling.us-east-2.amazonaws.com
Accept-Encoding: identity
Content-Length: 219
X-Amz-Target: AnyScaleFrontendService.DeleteScalingPolicy
X-Amz-Date: 20160506T182145Z
User-Agent: aws-cli/1.10.23 Python/2.7.11 Darwin/15.4.0 botocore/1.4.8
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Authorization: AUTHPARAMS
{
    "PolicyName": "myscalablepolicy",
    "ServiceNamespace": "elasticache",
    "ResourceId": "replication-group/myscalablecluster",
    "ScalableDimension": "elasticache:replication-group:Replicas"
}
```