# Tutorial: Delete a geofence collection
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You can delete a geofence collection from your AWS account using the Amazon Location console, the AWS CLI, or the Amazon Location APIs.

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#### [ Console ]

**To delete a geofence collection using the Amazon Location console**

**Warning**  
This operation deletes the resource permanently.

 

1. Open the Amazon Location console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/location/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/location/home).

1. Choose **Geofence collections** from the left navigation pane.

1. Under **My geofence collection**, select the target geofence collection.

1. Choose **Delete geofence collection**.

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#### [ API ]

Use the `[DeleteGeofenceCollection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/location/previous/APIReference/API_DeleteGeofenceCollection.html)` operation from the Amazon Location APIs. 

The following example is an API request to delete the geofence collection *ExampleCollection*.

```
DELETE /geofencing/v0/collections/ExampleCollection
```

The following is an example response for `DeleteGeofenceCollection`:

```
HTTP/1.1 200
```

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#### [ CLI ]

Use the `[delete-geofence-collection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/location/delete-geofence-collection.html)` command.

The following example is an AWS CLI command to delete the geofence collection *ExampleCollection*.

```
aws location delete-geofence-collection \
    --collection-name "ExampleCollection"
```

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