---
title: DELETE /api/v1/instances/{instance_id}
description: Delete Instance
locale: en
version: 0.2.0
canonical: https://enterium-developer-docs.pages.dev/developers/api/instances/delete-instances-instance-id/
---

> Documentation index: https://enterium-developer-docs.pages.dev/developers/llms.txt — every page of this portal has a Markdown twin at <route>.md; the frozen API contract is at https://enterium-developer-docs.pages.dev/developers/api/openapi.json.

:::note
Generated from the OpenAPI contract — do not edit by hand. Interactive explorer with full schemas: [https://entherium.duckdns.org:8443/reference](https://entherium.duckdns.org:8443/reference); frozen spec for this build: [openapi.json](/developers/api/openapi.json). Group: [instances](../).
:::

Delete Instance

**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer <token>` required

## Request

```sh
curl -sS -X DELETE "https://entherium.duckdns.org:8443/api/v1/instances/<instance_id>" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
```

## Response `204`

The contract carries no example for this response; schema: `—`. Field-level shape: [interactive explorer](https://entherium.duckdns.org:8443/reference).

## Returns

No body.

## Parameters

| Parameter | In | Required | Type | Default | Constraints | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `instance_id` | path | yes | `string` | — | — |  |
| `Idempotency-Key` | header | no | `string` | — | uuid | Optional. |

## Errors

| Code | Meaning | Body |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `401` | Missing or invalid authentication credentials | `ErrorResponse` |
| `422` | Validation Error | `HTTPValidationError` |

Every error body is `{detail, code?, request_id, doc_url}` — `request_id` is the value to quote, `doc_url` points at the [Errors reference](../../../reference/errors/).