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# Deleting Amazon SQS queues
Deleting queues

This example shows you how to use the AWS SDK for .NET to delete an Amazon SQS queue. The application deletes the queue, waits for up to a given amount of time for the queue to be gone, and then shows a list of the remaining queues.

If you don't supply any command-line arguments, the application simply shows a list of the existing queues.

The following sections provide snippets of this example. The [complete code for the example](#DeleteSqsQueue-complete-code) is shown after that, and can be built and run as is.

**Topics**
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## Delete the queue
](#DeleteSqsQueue-delete-queue)
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## Wait for the queue to be gone
](#DeleteSqsQueue-wait)
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## Show a list of existing queues
](#DeleteSqsQueue-list-queues)
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## Complete code
](#DeleteSqsQueue-complete-code)
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## Additional considerations
](#DeleteSqsQueue-additional)

## Delete the queue


The following snippet deletes the queue identified by the given queue URL.

The example [at the end of this topic](#DeleteSqsQueue-complete-code) shows this snippet in use.

```
    //
    // Method to delete an SQS queue
    private static async Task DeleteQueue(IAmazonSQS sqsClient, string qUrl)
    {
      Console.WriteLine($"Deleting queue {qUrl}...");
      await sqsClient.DeleteQueueAsync(qUrl);
      Console.WriteLine($"Queue {qUrl} has been deleted.");
    }
```

## Wait for the queue to be gone


The following snippet waits for the deletion process to finish, which might take 60 seconds.

The example [at the end of this topic](#DeleteSqsQueue-complete-code) shows this snippet in use.

```
    //
    // Method to wait up to a given number of seconds
    private static async Task Wait(
      IAmazonSQS sqsClient, int numSeconds, string qUrl)
    {
      Console.WriteLine($"Waiting for up to {numSeconds} seconds.");
      Console.WriteLine("Press any key to stop waiting. (Response might be slightly delayed.)");
      for(int i=0; i<numSeconds; i++)
      {
        Console.Write(".");
        Thread.Sleep(1000);
        if(Console.KeyAvailable) break;

        // Check to see if the queue is gone yet
        var found = false;
        ListQueuesResponse responseList = await sqsClient.ListQueuesAsync("");
        foreach(var url in responseList.QueueUrls)
        {
          if(url == qUrl)
          {
            found = true;
            break;
          }
        }
        if(!found) break;
      }
    }
```

## Show a list of existing queues


The following snippet shows a list of the existing queues in the SQS client's region.

The example [at the end of this topic](#DeleteSqsQueue-complete-code) shows this snippet in use.

```
    //
    // Method to show a list of the existing queues
    private static async Task ListQueues(IAmazonSQS sqsClient)
    {
      ListQueuesResponse responseList = await sqsClient.ListQueuesAsync("");
      Console.WriteLine("\nList of queues:");
      foreach(var qUrl in responseList.QueueUrls)
        Console.WriteLine($"- {qUrl}");
    }
```

## Complete code


This section shows relevant references and the complete code for this example.

### SDK references


NuGet packages:
+ [AWSSDK.SQS](https://www.nuget.org/packages/AWSSDK.SQS)

Programming elements:
+ Namespace [Amazon.SQS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkfornet/v4/apidocs/items/SQS/NSQS.html)

  Class [AmazonSQSClient](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkfornet/v4/apidocs/items/SQS/TSQSClient.html)
+ Namespace [Amazon.SQS.Model](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkfornet/v4/apidocs/items/SQS/NSQSModel.html)

  Class [ListQueuesResponse](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkfornet/v4/apidocs/items/SQS/TListQueuesResponse.html)

### The code


```
using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Amazon.SQS;
using Amazon.SQS.Model;

namespace SQSDeleteQueue
{
  // = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
  // Class to update a queue
  class Program
  {
    private const int TimeToWait = 60;

    static async Task Main(string[] args)
    {
      // Create the Amazon SQS client
      var sqsClient = new AmazonSQSClient();

      // If no command-line arguments, just show a list of the queues
      if(args.Length == 0)
      {
        Console.WriteLine("\nUsage: SQSCreateQueue queue_url");
        Console.WriteLine("   queue_url - The URL of the queue you want to delete.");
        Console.WriteLine("\nNo arguments specified.");
        Console.Write("Do you want to see a list of the existing queues? ((y) or n): ");
        var response = Console.ReadLine();
        if((string.IsNullOrEmpty(response)) || (response.ToLower() == "y"))
          await ListQueues(sqsClient);
        return;
      }

      // If given a queue URL, delete that queue
      if(args[0].StartsWith("https://sqs."))
      {
        // Delete the queue
        await DeleteQueue(sqsClient, args[0]);
        // Wait for a little while because it takes a while for the queue to disappear
        await Wait(sqsClient, TimeToWait, args[0]);
        // Show a list of the remaining queues
        await ListQueues(sqsClient);
      }
      else
      {
        Console.WriteLine("The command-line argument isn't a queue URL:");
        Console.WriteLine($"{args[0]}");
      }
    }


    //
    // Method to delete an SQS queue
    private static async Task DeleteQueue(IAmazonSQS sqsClient, string qUrl)
    {
      Console.WriteLine($"Deleting queue {qUrl}...");
      await sqsClient.DeleteQueueAsync(qUrl);
      Console.WriteLine($"Queue {qUrl} has been deleted.");
    }


    //
    // Method to wait up to a given number of seconds
    private static async Task Wait(
      IAmazonSQS sqsClient, int numSeconds, string qUrl)
    {
      Console.WriteLine($"Waiting for up to {numSeconds} seconds.");
      Console.WriteLine("Press any key to stop waiting. (Response might be slightly delayed.)");
      for(int i=0; i<numSeconds; i++)
      {
        Console.Write(".");
        Thread.Sleep(1000);
        if(Console.KeyAvailable) break;

        // Check to see if the queue is gone yet
        var found = false;
        ListQueuesResponse responseList = await sqsClient.ListQueuesAsync("");
        foreach(var url in responseList.QueueUrls)
        {
          if(url == qUrl)
          {
            found = true;
            break;
          }
        }
        if(!found) break;
      }
    }


    //
    // Method to show a list of the existing queues
    private static async Task ListQueues(IAmazonSQS sqsClient)
    {
      ListQueuesResponse responseList = await sqsClient.ListQueuesAsync("");
      Console.WriteLine("\nList of queues:");
      foreach(var qUrl in responseList.QueueUrls)
        Console.WriteLine($"- {qUrl}");
    }
  }
}
```

## Additional considerations

+ The `DeleteQueueAsync` API call doesn't check to see if the queue you're deleting is being used as a dead-letter queue. A more sophisticated procedure could check for this.
+ You can also see the list of queues and the results of this example in the [Amazon SQS console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/sqs).