# Delete an AWS Site-to-Site VPN connection and gateway
Delete a VPN connection and gateway

If you no longer need an AWS Site-to-Site VPN connection, you can delete it. When you delete a Site-to-Site VPN connection, we do not delete the customer gateway or virtual private gateway that was associated with the Site-to-Site VPN connection. If you no longer need the customer gateway and virtual private gateway, you can delete them.

**Warning**  
If you delete your Site-to-Site VPN connection and then create a new one, you must download a new configuration file and reconfigure the customer gateway device.

**Topics**
+ [Delete a VPN connection](delete-vpn-connection.md)
+ [Delete a customer gateway](delete-cgw.md)
+ [Detach and delete a virtual private gateway](delete-vgw.md)

# Delete an AWS Site-to-Site VPN connection
Delete a VPN connection

After you delete your Site-to-Site VPN connection, it remains visible for a short while with a state of `deleted`, and then the entry is automatically removed.

**To delete a VPN connection using the console**

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

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Site-to-Site VPN connections**.

1. Select the VPN connection and choose **Actions**, **Delete VPN connection**.

1. When prompted for confirmation, enter **delete** and then choose **Delete**.

**To delete a VPN connection using the command line or API**
+ [DeleteVpnConnection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteVpnConnection.html) (Amazon EC2 Query API)
+ [delete-vpn-connection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/delete-vpn-connection.html) (AWS CLI)
+ [Remove-EC2VpnConnection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/reference/items/Remove-EC2VpnConnection.html) (AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell)

# Delete an AWS Site-to-Site VPN customer gateway
Delete a customer gateway

If you no longer need a customer gateway, you can delete it. You can't delete a customer gateway that's being used in a Site-to-Site VPN connection.

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

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Customer gateways**.

1. Select the customer gateway and choose **Actions**, **Delete customer gateway**.

1. When prompted for confirmation, enter **delete** and then choose **Delete**.

**To delete a customer gateway using the command line or API**
+ [DeleteCustomerGateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteCustomerGateway.html) (Amazon EC2 Query API)
+ [delete-customer-gateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/delete-customer-gateway.html) (AWS CLI)
+ [Remove-EC2CustomerGateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/reference/items/Remove-EC2CustomerGateway.html) (AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell)

# Detach and delete a virtual private gateway in AWS Site-to-Site VPN
Detach and delete a virtual private gateway

If you no longer require a virtual private gateway for your VPC, you can detach it from the VPC.

**To detach a virtual private gateway using the console**

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Virtual private gateways**.

1. Select the virtual private gateway and choose **Actions**, **Detach from VPC**.

1. Choose **Detach virtual private gateway**.

If you no longer require a detached virtual private gateway, you can delete it. You can't delete a virtual private gateway that's still attached to a VPC. After you delete your virtual private gateway, it remains visible for a short while with a state of `deleted`, and then the entry is automatically removed.

**To delete a virtual private gateway using the console**

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Virtual private gateways**.

1. Select the virtual private gateway and choose **Actions**, **Delete virtual private gateway**.

1. When prompted for confirmation, enter **delete** and then choose **Delete**.

**To detach a virtual private gateway using the command line or API**
+ [DetachVpnGateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DetachVpnGateway.html) (Amazon EC2 Query API)
+ [detach-vpn-gateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/detach-vpn-gateway.html) (AWS CLI)
+ [Dismount-EC2VpnGateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/reference/items/Dismount-EC2VpnGateway.html) (AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell)

**To delete a virtual private gateway using the command line or API**
+ [DeleteVpnGateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteVpnGateway.html) (Amazon EC2 Query API)
+ [delete-vpn-gateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/delete-vpn-gateway.html) (AWS CLI)
+ [Remove-EC2VpnGateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/reference/items/Remove-EC2VpnGateway.html) (AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell)