---
title: "Removes Compute Nodes from the specified Pool."
method: POST
path: "/pools/{poolId}/removenodes"
tags: ["Pools"]
---

# Removes Compute Nodes from the specified Pool.

`POST /pools/{poolId}/removenodes`

This operation can only run when the allocation state of the Pool is steady.
When this operation runs, the allocation state changes from steady to resizing.
Each request may remove up to 100 nodes.

## Path parameters

- `poolId` string, required

## Query parameters

- `api-version` string, required
- `timeOut` integer

## Headers

- `client-request-id` string
- `return-client-request-id` boolean
- `ocp-date` string, date-time-rfc7231
- `If-Modified-Since` string, date-time-rfc7231
- `If-Unmodified-Since` string, date-time-rfc7231
- `If-Match` string
- `If-None-Match` string

## Response `202`

The request has been accepted for processing, but processing has not yet completed.

## Other responses

- `default` — An unexpected error response.

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