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# Deleting a reserved instance pool

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Reserved instance pools are billable: you pay for the whole unused volume of reserved computing resources of VMs, GPU clusters, and software accelerated networks according to the [Yandex Compute Cloud pricing policy](../../pricing.md). For more information, see [Using reserved instance pools](../../pricing.md#pool).

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_The reserved instance pool feature is at the [Preview stage](../../../overview/concepts/launch-stages.md)._

To delete a [reserved instance pool](../../concepts/reserved-pools.md):

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- Management console {#console}

  1. In the [management console](https://console.yandex.cloud), select the [folder](../../../resource-manager/concepts/resources-hierarchy.md#folder) the reserved instance pool is in.
  1. Navigate to **Compute Cloud**.
  1. In the left-hand panel, select ![image](../../../_assets/console-icons/folder-lock.svg) **VM reserve pools**.
  1. In the pool row, click ![image](../../../_assets/console-icons/ellipsis.svg) and select ![image](../../../_assets/console-icons/trash-bin.svg) **Delete**.
  1. Confirm the deletion.

- CLI {#cli}

  If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI yet, [install and initialize it](../../../cli/quickstart.md#install).

  The folder used by default is the one specified when [creating](../../../cli/operations/profile/profile-create.md) the CLI profile. To change the default folder, use the `yc config set folder-id <folder_ID>` command. You can also specify a different folder for any command using `--folder-name` or `--folder-id`. If you access a resource by its name, the search will be limited to the default folder. If you access a resource by its ID, the search will be global, i.e., through all folders based on access permissions.

  1. View the description of the [Yandex Cloud CLI](../../../cli/index.md) command for deleting a reserved instance pool:

      ```bash
      yc compute reserved-instance-pool delete --help
      ```
  1. Get a list of reserved instance pools in the default folder:
     
     ```bash
     yc compute reserved-instance-pool list
     ```
     
     Result:
     
     ```text
     +----------------------+------------+---------------+------+
     |          ID          |    NAME    |    ZONE ID    | SIZE |
     +----------------------+------------+---------------+------+
     | fv48qa9iiq19******** | test-pool1 | ru-central1-a |    1 |
     | fv42fbsrso94******** | test-pool2 | ru-central1-a |    1 |
     +----------------------+------------+---------------+------+
     ```
  1. Delete the reserved instance pool in the default folder by specifying its name or ID:

      ```bash
      yc compute reserved-instance-pool delete <pool_name_or_ID>
      ```

      Result:

      ```text
      done (15s)
      {}
      ```

      For more information about the `yc compute reserved-instance-pool delete` command, see the [Yandex Cloud CLI reference](../../../cli/cli-ref/compute/cli-ref/reserved-instance-pool/delete.md).

- API {#api}

  Use the [delete](../../api-ref/ReservedInstancePool/delete.md) REST API method for the [ReservedInstancePool](../../api-ref/ReservedInstancePool/index.md) resource or the [ReservedInstancePoolService/Delete](../../api-ref/grpc/ReservedInstancePool/delete.md) gRPC API call.

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When you delete a reserved instance pool, all VMs attached to it will be detached, and the running ones will continue to operate.

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#### See also {#see-also}

* [Managing VMs in a reserved instance pool](manage-pool-vms.md)
* [Reserved instance pools in Compute Cloud](../../concepts/reserved-pools.md)