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title: Destroying a hosted cluster on AWS
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# Destroying a hosted cluster on AWS {#hcp-destroy-aws}

You might want to remove a hosted cluster if you are no longer using it, you are trying to reduce resources, or the hosted cluster is experiencing issues that are difficult to resolve.

## Destroying a hosted cluster on AWS by using the CLI {#hcp-destroy-aws-cli_hcp-destroy-aws}

To delete a hosted cluster and its managed cluster resource from hosted control planes on Amazon Web Services (AWS), use the command-line interface (CLI).

**Procedure**

1. Delete the managed cluster resource on multicluster engine Operator by running the following command:

   ```terminal
   $ oc delete managedcluster <hosted_cluster_name>
   ```

   Replace `<hosted_cluster_name>` with the name of your cluster.
2. Delete the hosted cluster and its backend resources by running the following command:

   ```terminal
   $ hcp destroy cluster aws  \
     --name <hosted_cluster_name> \
     --infra-id <infra_id> \
     --role-arn <arn_role> \
     --sts-creds <path_to_sts_credential_file> \
     --base-domain <base_domain>
   ```

   where:

   - `<hosted_cluster_name>` specifies the name of your hosted cluster, for example, `my-hosted-cluster`.
   - `<infra_id>` specifies the infrastructure name for your hosted cluster.
   - `<arn_role>` specifies the Amazon Resource Name (ARN), for example, `arn:aws:iam::820196288204:role/myrole`.
   - `<path_to_sts_credential_file>` specifies the path to your AWS Security Token Service (STS) credentials file, for example, `/home/user/sts-creds/sts-creds.json`.
   - `<base_domain>` specifies your base domain, for example, `example.com`.

     > [!IMPORTANT]
     > If your session token for AWS Security Token Service (STS) is expired, retrieve the STS credentials in a JSON file named `sts-creds.json` by running the following command:
     >
     > ```terminal
     > $ aws sts get-session-token --output json > sts-creds.json
     > ```