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# Deleting a routing instance

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You need the [cloud-router.editor](../security/index.md#cloudrouter-editor) role for this operation.

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- CLI {#cli}

  1. Make sure that the routing instance you want to delete has no other child objects, e.g., private connections:

      ```bash
      yc cloudrouter routing-instance get c3l87**********1dpin
      ```

  1. See the description of the CLI command for deleting a [routing instance](../concepts/routing-instance.md):

      ```bash
      yc cloudrouter routing-instance delete --help
      ```

  1. Delete the routing instance:

      ```bash
      yc cloudrouter routing-instance delete c3l87**********1dpin --async
      ```

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