# deleteClusterInstances
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Initiate the forced termination of all cluster compute nodes. This action doesn't support AWS Batch clusters.

**Topics**
+ [Request syntax](#delete-cluster-instances-request)
+ [Request body](#delete-cluster-instances-request-body)
+ [Response body](#delete-cluster-instances-response-body)
+ [Example](#delete-cluster-instances-example)

## Request syntax
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```
DELETE /v3/clusters/{clusterName}/instances
{
  "force": boolean,
  "region": "string"
}
```

## Request body
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**clusterName**  
The name of the cluster.  
Type: string  
Required: Yes

**force**  
If set to `true`, force the deletion when the cluster with the given name isn't found. The default is `false`.  
Type: boolean  
Required: No

**region**  
The AWS Region that the cluster is in.  
Type: string  
Required: No

## Response body
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None

## Example
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#### [ Python ]

**Request**

```
$ delete_cluster_instances(cluster_name_3x)
```

**200 Response**

None

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