# DeleteDBCluster
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The DeleteDBCluster action deletes a previously provisioned DB cluster. When you delete a DB cluster, all automated backups for that DB cluster are deleted and can't be recovered. Manual DB cluster snapshots of the specified DB cluster are not deleted.

Note that the DB Cluster cannot be deleted if deletion protection is enabled. To delete it, you must first set its `DeletionProtection` field to `False`.

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

 ** DBClusterIdentifier **   
The DB cluster identifier for the DB cluster to be deleted. This parameter isn't case-sensitive.  
Constraints:  
+ Must match an existing DBClusterIdentifier.
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** FinalDBSnapshotIdentifier **   
 The DB cluster snapshot identifier of the new DB cluster snapshot created when `SkipFinalSnapshot` is set to `false`.  
 Specifying this parameter and also setting the `SkipFinalShapshot` parameter to true results in an error.
Constraints:  
+ Must be 1 to 255 letters, numbers, or hyphens.
+ First character must be a letter
+ Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** SkipFinalSnapshot **   
 Determines whether a final DB cluster snapshot is created before the DB cluster is deleted. If `true` is specified, no DB cluster snapshot is created. If `false` is specified, a DB cluster snapshot is created before the DB cluster is deleted.  
You must specify a `FinalDBSnapshotIdentifier` parameter if `SkipFinalSnapshot` is `false`.
Default: `false`   
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

## Response Elements
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The following element is returned by the service.

 ** DBCluster **   
Contains the details of an Amazon Neptune DB cluster.  
This data type is used as a response element in the [DescribeDBClusters](API_DescribeDBClusters.md).  
Type: [DBCluster](API_DBCluster.md) object

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

 ** DBClusterNotFoundFault **   
 *DBClusterIdentifier* does not refer to an existing DB cluster.  
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** DBClusterSnapshotAlreadyExistsFault **   
User already has a DB cluster snapshot with the given identifier.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidDBClusterSnapshotStateFault **   
The supplied value is not a valid DB cluster snapshot state.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidDBClusterStateFault **   
The DB cluster is not in a valid state.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** SnapshotQuotaExceeded **   
Request would result in user exceeding the allowed number of DB snapshots.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## 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/neptune-2014-10-31/DeleteDBCluster) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/neptune-2014-10-31/DeleteDBCluster) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/neptune-2014-10-31/DeleteDBCluster) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/neptune-2014-10-31/DeleteDBCluster) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/neptune-2014-10-31/DeleteDBCluster) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/neptune-2014-10-31/DeleteDBCluster) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/neptune-2014-10-31/DeleteDBCluster) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/neptune-2014-10-31/DeleteDBCluster) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/neptune-2014-10-31/DeleteDBCluster) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/neptune-2014-10-31/DeleteDBCluster)