# Delete a transit gateway in AWS Transit Gateway
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You can't delete a transit gateway with existing attachments. You need to delete all attachments before you can delete a transit gateway.

**To delete a transit gateway using the console**

1. Open the Amazon VPC console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/vpc/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/vpc/).

1. Choose the transit gateway to delete.

1. Choose **Actions**, **Delete transit gateway**. Enter **delete** and choose **Delete** to confirm the deletion.

**To delete a transit gateway using the AWS CLI**  
Use the [delete-transit-gateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/delete-transit-gateway.html) command.