---
title: "GET /#Action=DeletePolicy"
method: GET
path: "/#Action=DeletePolicy"
---

# GET /#Action=DeletePolicy

`GET /#Action=DeletePolicy`

Deletes the specified scaling policy.

Deleting either a step scaling policy or a simple scaling policy deletes the underlying alarm action, but does not delete the alarm, even if it no longer has an associated action.

For more information, see [Deleting a scaling policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/deleting-scaling-policy.html) in the _Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide_.

## Query parameters

- `AutoScalingGroupName` string
- `PolicyName` string, required
- `Action` 'DeletePolicy', required
- `Version` '2011-01-01', required

## Response `200`

Success

## Other responses

- `480` — ResourceContentionFault
- `481` — ServiceLinkedRoleFailure

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