# DeleteTargetGroup


Deletes the specified target group.

You can delete a target group if it is not referenced by any actions. Deleting a target group also deletes any associated health checks. Deleting a target group does not affect its registered targets. For example, any EC2 instances continue to run until you stop or terminate them.

## Request Parameters


 For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

 ** TargetGroupArn **   
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the target group.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

## Errors


For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** ResourceInUse **   
A specified resource is in use.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## Examples


### Delete a target group


This example deletes the specified target group.

#### Sample Request


```
https://elasticloadbalancing.amazonaws.com/?Action=DeleteTargetGroup
&TargetGroupArn=arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-west-2:123456789012:targetgroup/my-targets/73e2d6bc24d8a067
&Version=2015-12-01
&AUTHPARAMS
```

## See Also


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/elasticloadbalancingv2-2015-12-01/DeleteTargetGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/elasticloadbalancingv2-2015-12-01/DeleteTargetGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/elasticloadbalancingv2-2015-12-01/DeleteTargetGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/elasticloadbalancingv2-2015-12-01/DeleteTargetGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/elasticloadbalancingv2-2015-12-01/DeleteTargetGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/elasticloadbalancingv2-2015-12-01/DeleteTargetGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/elasticloadbalancingv2-2015-12-01/DeleteTargetGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/elasticloadbalancingv2-2015-12-01/DeleteTargetGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/elasticloadbalancingv2-2015-12-01/DeleteTargetGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/elasticloadbalancingv2-2015-12-01/DeleteTargetGroup)