---
title: "POST /#Action=DeleteDBCluster"
method: POST
path: "/#Action=DeleteDBCluster"
---

# POST /#Action=DeleteDBCluster

`POST /#Action=DeleteDBCluster`

The DeleteDBCluster action deletes a previously provisioned DB cluster. When you delete a DB cluster, all automated backups for that DB cluster are deleted and can't be recovered. Manual DB cluster snapshots of the specified DB cluster are not deleted.

If you're deleting a Multi-AZ DB cluster with read replicas, all cluster members are terminated and read replicas are promoted to standalone instances.

For more information on Amazon Aurora, see [What is Amazon Aurora?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/CHAP_AuroraOverview.html) in the _Amazon Aurora User Guide_.

For more information on Multi-AZ DB clusters, see [Multi-AZ DB cluster deployments](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/multi-az-db-clusters-concepts.html) in the _Amazon RDS User Guide_.

## Query parameters

- `Action` 'DeleteDBCluster', required
- `Version` '2014-10-31', required

## Response `200`

Success

## Other responses

- `480` — DBClusterNotFoundFault
- `481` — InvalidDBClusterStateFault
- `482` — DBClusterSnapshotAlreadyExistsFault
- `483` — SnapshotQuotaExceededFault
- `484` — InvalidDBClusterSnapshotStateFault

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