# DeleteThingShadow
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Deletes the shadow for the specified thing.

Requires permission to access the [DeleteThingShadow](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awsiot.html#awsiot-actions-as-permissions) action.

For more information, see [DeleteThingShadow](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/API_DeleteThingShadow.html) in the AWS IoT Developer Guide.

## Request Syntax
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```
DELETE /things/thingName/shadow?name=shadowName HTTP/1.1
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [shadowName](#API_iotdata_DeleteThingShadow_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-iotdata_DeleteThingShadow-request-uri-shadowName"></a>
The name of the shadow.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.  
Pattern: `[$a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+` 

 ** [thingName](#API_iotdata_DeleteThingShadow_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-iotdata_DeleteThingShadow-request-uri-thingName"></a>
The name of the thing.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+`   
Required: Yes

## Request Body
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The request does not have a request body.

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200

payload
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The response returns the following as the HTTP body.

 ** [payload](#API_iotdata_DeleteThingShadow_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="iot-iotdata_DeleteThingShadow-response-payload"></a>
The state information, in JSON format.

## Errors
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 ** InternalFailureException **   
An unexpected error has occurred.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** InvalidRequestException **   
The request is not valid.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** MethodNotAllowedException **   
The specified combination of HTTP verb and URI is not supported.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 405

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The specified resource does not exist.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ServiceUnavailableException **   
The service is temporarily unavailable.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 503

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The rate exceeds the limit.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** UnauthorizedException **   
You are not authorized to perform this operation.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 401

 ** UnsupportedDocumentEncodingException **   
The document encoding is not supported.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 415

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/iot-data-2015-05-28/DeleteThingShadow) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/iot-data-2015-05-28/DeleteThingShadow) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/iot-data-2015-05-28/DeleteThingShadow) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/iot-data-2015-05-28/DeleteThingShadow) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/iot-data-2015-05-28/DeleteThingShadow) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/iot-data-2015-05-28/DeleteThingShadow) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/iot-data-2015-05-28/DeleteThingShadow) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/iot-data-2015-05-28/DeleteThingShadow) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/iot-data-2015-05-28/DeleteThingShadow) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/iot-data-2015-05-28/DeleteThingShadow)