# Deleting an RDS Proxy
Deleting an RDS Proxy

 You can delete a proxy when you no longer need it. Or, you might delete a proxy if you take the DB instance or cluster associated with it out of service. 

## AWS Management Console


**To delete a proxy**

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

1.  In the navigation pane, choose **Proxies**. 

1.  Choose the proxy to delete from the list. 

1.  Choose **Delete Proxy**. 

## AWS CLI


 To delete a DB proxy, use the AWS CLI command [delete-db-proxy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/rds/delete-db-proxy.html). To remove related associations, also use the [deregister-db-proxy-targets](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/rds/deregister-db-proxy-targets.html) command. 

```
aws rds delete-db-proxy --name proxy_name
```

```
aws rds deregister-db-proxy-targets
    --db-proxy-name proxy_name
    [--target-group-name target_group_name]
    [--target-ids comma_separated_list]       # or
    [--db-instance-identifiers instance_id]       # or
    [--db-cluster-identifiers cluster_id]
```

## RDS API


 To delete a DB proxy, call the Amazon RDS API function [DeleteDBProxy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteDBProxy.html). To delete related items and associations, you also call the functions [DeleteDBProxyTargetGroup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteDBProxyTargetGroup.html) and [DeregisterDBProxyTargets](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DeregisterDBProxyTargets.html).