---
title: "DELETE /consumers/{groupid}/instances/{name}"
method: DELETE
path: "/consumers/{groupid}/instances/{name}"
tags: ["Consumers"]
---

# DELETE /consumers/{groupid}/instances/{name}

`DELETE /consumers/{groupid}/instances/{name}`

Deletes a specified consumer instance. The request for this operation MUST use the base URL (including the host and port) returned in the response from the `POST` request to `/consumers/{groupid}` that was used to create this consumer.

## Response `204`

Consumer removed successfully.

## Other responses

- `404` — The specified consumer instance was not found.

## Changes

- **2025-05-29** `426d9b9215e9` — 1 info
  - added the optional property `validation_errors` to the response with the `404` status
- **2019-05-27** `574cafef42d9` — 1 breaking, 3 info
  - removed the success response with the status `200`
  - api tag `Consumers` added
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`
  - added the success response with the status `204`
- **2019-05-21** `c10758b73ea6` — 1 breaking, 3 info
  - removed the success response with the status `204`
  - api tag `Consumers` removed
  - removed the non-success response with the status `404`
  - added the success response with the status `200`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/strimzi/apis/http-bridge-api-reference/changes/consumers/:groupid/instances/:name/delete.md)

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