---
title: "deprovision a service instance"
method: DELETE
path: "/v2/service_instances/{instance_id}"
tags: ["ServiceInstances"]
---

# deprovision a service instance

`DELETE /v2/service_instances/{instance_id}`

## Path parameters

- `instance_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `service_id` string, required
- `plan_id` string, required
- `accepts_incomplete` boolean

## Headers

- `X-Broker-API-Version` string, required
- `X-Broker-API-Originating-Identity` string

## Response `200`

OK

- Object

## Other responses

- `202` — Accepted
- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `410` — Gone
- `422` — Unprocessable Entity

## Changes

- **2020-04-28** `25dd370ccbb1` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
- **2020-04-16** `7310802d3265` — 1 info
  - removed the non-success response with the status `401`
- **2020-03-06** `289e8e70ba50` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
- **2019-07-23** `f5fcf232eed3` — 6 info
  - added the optional property `instance_usable` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `instance_usable` to the response with the `410` status
  - added the optional property `instance_usable` to the response with the `422` status
  - added the optional property `update_repeatable` to the response with the `400` status
  - …2 more
- **2019-05-14** `2aba5b99264e` — 6 warning
  - removed the optional property `instance_usable` from the response with the `400` status
  - removed the optional property `instance_usable` from the response with the `410` status
  - removed the optional property `instance_usable` from the response with the `422` status
  - removed the optional property `update_repeatable` from the response with the `400` status
  - …2 more

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/cloudfoundry/apis/open-service-broker-api/changes/v2/service_instances/:instance_id/delete.md)

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